Reconstruction:Proto-Malayo-Polynesian/tabuqan

This Proto-Malayo-Polynesian entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Proto-Malayo-Polynesian

Noun

*tabuqan

yellowjacket wasp

Descendants

Philippine
- Northern Luzon
  - Isnag: tabówān
Greater Barito
- Sama–Bajaw
  - Mapun: tabuwan
  - Yakan: tabu'an
Malayo-Sumbawan
- Proto-Malayic: *tabuhan
  - Ibanic
    - Iban: tebuan
  - Classical Malay: tabuhan
    - Indonesian: tabuhan
    - Malaysian Malay: tebuan
- Bali–Sasak–Sumbawa
  - Balinese: tabuan / ᬢᬩᬸᬯᬦ᭄
  - Sasak: tabuan
Old Javanese: tawwan
- Javanese: tawon / ꦠꦮꦺꦴꦤ꧀
  - → Indonesian: tawon
South Sulawesi
- Toraja
  - Tae': tabuan
Celebic
- Kaili–Pamona
  - Pamona: tambua
- Wotu–Wolio
  - Wolio: towua
Central Malayo-Polynesian
- Sumba–Flores
  - Kambera: tawuangu
- Flores–Lembata
  - Lamaholot: təwuã

References

Blust, Robert; Trussel, Stephen; et al. (2023) “*tabuqan”, in the CLDF dataset from The Austronesian Comparative Dictionary (2010–), →DOI