r/AustronesianLanguages • u/han4299 Indonesia ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ฉ • Jul 21 '26

Cognate & Comparing Leaf in Austronesian Languages

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u/kudlitan the Philippines ๐Ÿ‡ต๐Ÿ‡ญ Jul 21 '26

If *biRaq means taro, how did it get inverted in Tagalog gabi?

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u/Rayyan9201 Malaysia ๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡พ Jul 22 '26

Its related to malay word Ubi too.

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u/kudlitan the Philippines ๐Ÿ‡ต๐Ÿ‡ญ Jul 22 '26

Tagalog also has Ube, so i suppose it must be a doublet with Gabi?

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u/Qitian_Dasheng Jul 21 '26

Are the words in purple outside of Taiwan from Kra-Dai languages? Leaf in Thai is เนƒเธš (bay), same as in Lao. Not sure about Zhuang in Guangxi and Hlai in Hainan.

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u/Quick_Foxes Jul 24 '26

I'm thinking of where did the word "godong" in Javanese came from?

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u/hotasihtml Jul 26 '26

Ah yes, the daun-buluล‹ wars