The Austronesian Comparative Dictionary

*qabu ash, cinder, powder

PAN qabu ash, cinder, powder

Form.
Kavalan ibu ashes
Saisiyat ʔaebo ashes, powder
Pazeh abu ashes
Bunun Xabu ashes
qabu ash
Bunun (Isbukun) Xabu ashes
Amis ʔafo ashes; fertilizer
Siraya (Gravius) avo ash
Siraya avo ash
Puyuma (Tamalakaw) Havu ashes
Puyuma kaR-Havu-Havu ashy (of color)
Puyuma (Tamalakaw) kaR-Havu-Havu ashy (of color)
Puyuma Havu ashes
Paiwan qavu ashes; betel lime
Proto-Atayalic qabu-lid ashes
Bunun (Takituduh) qabu ash
Favorlang/Babuza abo ashes or cinders; lime

PMP qabu ash, hearth, cinder, powder, dust; gray

WMP
Itbayaten avo ashes, ash (which can be used as soap)
Tsat phə¹¹ ashes
Isneg abó ashes
ab-abó the powder that covers the body of locusts
Itawis ahú ash
Bontok ʔabú ashes which settle after something is burned; dust which settles after pounding rice or cleaning something
Kankanaey abó dust (used instead of in mourning songs)
Casiguran Dumagat abú fireplace, ashes, stove
Ilokano ábo ash-gray; cock with gray plumage and reddish tail
Ayta Maganchi abuh ashes
Kapampangan abú ashes
Tagalog abó ashes
Chamorro apu ash -- the remaining substance of what was burned
Kalamian Tagbanwa kabu ash
Aklanon abó ash(es); to make ashes
Inati abo ash
Moken kaboi dust on road, dirt, ashes
Palawan Batak ʔábo ashes
Cebuano abú ashes
Manobo (Western Bukidnon) avu fireplace; stove
Palauan ʔab ashes; fireplace; hearth
ʔəbə-ʔab dust (especially under house)
ʔəbú-l its ashes
Kalagan abu ashes
Tiruray ʔawew ashes
Bisaya (Lotud) awu ashes
awu ash
Kadazan Dusun man-avu-n spread ashes in the nursery
t-avu ash
Tatana abu ash
Kujau tavu ash
Minokok tavuʔ ash
Supan avu ash
Bisaya awu ashes
awu ash
Dali' abaw ash
Tabun abo ash
Talaud avu ash
Berawan (Long Terawan) akkuh ashes
Bintulu avəw ashes, dust
Kenyah (Long Wat) avew ashes
umaʔ avew kitchen
Kenyah avew ashes
umaʔ avew kitchen
abu ash, stove
Kelabit abuh ashes
Sangir awu ash
Melanau Dalat abəw ash
Melanau Dalat (Kampung Teh) abəw ash
Simalur afu-afu fireplace for warming women after childbirth
afu kitchen, hearth, cooking place
Karo Batak r-abu-abu play in the dust
abu ash, dust
Iban abu dust, fine ash
Malay abu ash; powder produced by combustion; "ash-colored", as a descriptive name for animals
Salako abu ash
Basap abu ash
Bukat avu ashes
Nias hawu fine ash, as cigarette ash; remainder, sweepings, rubbish, dust, powder
Mongondow abu ash, hearth, cooking place (part of the house)
Gorontalo wahu ashes from the hearth
Kayan avoʔ fireplace, hearth
Petapa Taje avu ash
Mentawai abu white ash
Bare'e awu ash, dust
Mori Atas avu ashes
Tae' punti au kind of banana that is grayish when unripe
au ash
Padoe avu ash
Delang habu ash
Murik abuʔ ashes from the cooking fire; hearth
Moronene avu ash
Muna ghabu kitchen; ashes
Makassarese abu-abu gray (of substances)
au ash, dust
Sundanese hawu fireplace, hearth, overn
Old Javanese awu ash, ashes
hawu-hawu powder
Javanese awu ash
Balinese abu ashes, earth mixed with ash; cigar-ash; dirt; dust, powder
Sasak au-au ash
Proto-Sangiric abu ashes, dust
Bikol abó ash, cinder
Proto-South Sulawesi au dust, ashes
Proto-Minahasan abu ash, dust
CMP
Soboyo afu ash
Yamdena afu ash; hearth
Selaru afu-re hearth
Leti awu ash
Manggarai awu ash
Bimanese awu ash, remainder of something that has been burnt; hearth
Sika ʔawu native cooking place; hearth; ash; gray
ʔawu-ʔareŋ burned to ash
awu-ŋ ash gray
Li'o awu ash
Ngadha avu dust, powder, earth, ash
da avu ash gray
Keo awu-awu ash
Kambera au hearth; ash; ash-colored, gray
Hawu awu raʔu ash
awu dust; gray, blue
Rotinese afu ash, dust; in combining forms: ash-colored, gray
Dhao/Ndao ahu-ahu ashes
Wetan awi ashes, dust
SHWNG
Woi wabu ash
Papuma wavu ash
Serui-Laut wawu ash
Waropen awu hearth, ash

POC qapu ashes, dust

SHWNG
Munggui wabu ash
OC
Mussau au ash
Lou kɔp dust (open 'o')
Vitu havu-havu dust
havu fireplace, hearth
Gitua avu-avu ash
Bwaidoga/Bwaidoka avu ashes
Tubetube kau ashes
Suau ʔahu ash
Malmariv mam-avu ashes
Tolai kăbu ashes, dust, cinders; grey, dusty (a with breve)

PWMP ma-qabu covered with ashes; ashen, gray

WMP
Itbayaten ma-avo ashy
Palauan mə-ʔab (atmostphere, view) dim/blurred; grayish
Kenyah m-abu dusty
Kelabit m-abuh dusty, covered with dust or ashes
Gorontalo ma-ahu burned up, turned to ash
Bare'e ma-awu extremely numerous, as grains of dust
Old Javanese ma-hawu smear oneself with ash?
Malagasy m-avo brown; grey?

PWMP maŋ-qabu cover with ashes, put ashes on

WMP
Palauan məŋ-áb put ashes on, get ashes in
Bintulu məŋ-avəw cover with ashes
Kelabit ŋ-abuh make dusty, cover with ashes or dust
Old Javanese aŋ-hawu become ashes
Javanese ŋ-awu scatter ashes onto

PWMP paR-qabu-an place of ashes

WMP
Itbayaten pi-avo-an ash tray
Javanese p-awo-n kitchen
Sasak p-ao-n kitchen

PWMP q<in>abu was covered with ashes

WMP
Palauan ʔ-əl-ab had ashes put on
Kelabit n-abuh was covered with ashes or dust
Old Javanese h-in-awu-hawu make into powder

PAN qabu-an place of ashes; hearth

Form.
Puyuma Havu-an hearth
Puyuma (Tamalakaw) Havu-an hearth
Paiwan qavu-qavu-an stove, three-stone fireplace for cooking
WMP
Itbayaten avo-an scatter ashes, put ash to
Kapampangan abw-an scour using ash
Tagalog ábuh-an ash-tray, ashcan, table stove
Cebuano al-abúh-an stove or any place a fire for cooking is built
Tae' au-an become covered with dust (after sitting long in one place)

PWMP qabu-en (gloss uncertain)

WMP
Tagalog abuh-ín clean (something) with ashes; ashy, gray or grayish
Aklanon abuh-ón gray, ashen color(ed)
Cebuano manuk ŋa abuhun gray-colored cock
abúh-un ash-colored
Old Javanese awu-hawu-n-en reduced to ashes? in a state of decay?
Bikol aboh-ón gray; a grayish colored chicken