Reconstruction:Proto-Malayo-Polynesian/ʀumaq

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

Etymology

From Proto-Austronesian *ʀumaq.

Noun

*ʀumaq

1. house

Descendants

• Barito
  • Ngaju: huma
• Proto-Malayic: *rumah
  • Brunei Malay: rumah
  • Malay: rumah
    • Indonesian: rumah
  • Urak Lawoi': รูมะฮ (rumah)
• Old Javanese: umah
  • Javanese: omah
• Sundanese: imah
• Chamorro: guma'
• Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian
  • Laboya: umma
  • Tetum: uma
• Proto-Oceanic: *ʀumaq (see there for further descendants)

References

• Blust, Robert & Stephen Trussell, Austronesian Comparative Dictionary – *Rumaq.