ACD - Austronesian Comparative Dictionary Online

*qubaN gray hair

PAN qubaN gray hair ⇫ ¶

Form.
Kavalan	uban	gray hair
Puyuma (Tamalakaw)	Huval	gray hair
Puyuma	Huval	gray hair
Paiwan	quvalʸ	hair of head; animal's hair
Proto-Rukai	obalə	body hair

PMP quban gray hair ⇫ ¶

WMP
Ivatan (Isamorong)	ovan	gray hair
Itbayaten	ovan	white hair, grey hair
Ivatan	ovan	gray hair
Isneg	ubān	gray-haired
Itawis	úban	gray hair
Bontok	ʔúban	gray hair; be gray-headed
Ifugaw	úban	gray hair
Kankanaey	úban	gray, applied to hair
Pangasinan	obán	greyish hair; to have white hairs
Ilokano	úban	gray, hoary; gray-haired
Tagalog	úban	gray hair
Hanunóo	ʔúban	gray hair
Kalamian Tagbanwa	kuban	gray hair
Aklanon	úban	gray hair
Cebuano	úban	gray hair
Manobo (Western Bukidnon)	uvan	grey hair
Kadazan Dusun	t-uvan	grey (of hair)
Tausug	uban	gray hair on an older person
Kenyah	uban	hair gone grey
Melanau (Mukah)	uban	gray, of hair; gray hair
Simalur	ufan	white head hair
Toba Batak	uban	gray hair
Karo Batak	uban	gray head hair
Iban	uban	grey or white hair
Malay	uban	grey or white (of the hair); grey-haired
Tontemboan	uwan	gray hair
Tonsawang	uan	gray hair
Nias	huwa	gray hair (as on an elderly person)
Lolak	uba	gray hair
Dondo	ubanE	white hair (head, not body)
Mongondow	uban	gray hair
Gorontalo	wuwalo	gray hair
Kayan	uban	grey hair
Ngaju Dayak	owan	gray hair
Bare'e	ua	gray hair
Tae'	uban	gray hair
Wolio	ua	gray hair
Muna	ghua	white/grey hair
Makassarese	uaŋ	gray hair
Old Javanese	huwan	greyness, grey hair; grey
Javanese	uwan	(of hair) gray
Balinese	uban	grey hair; have grey hair
Sasak	uban	gray hair, have gray hair
Bikol	úban	white or gray hairs
CMP
Ngadha	uva	have gray hair; gray
	uva dara	snow-white
Kambera	uwaŋu	gray (of hair)
OC
Chuukese	wúwan	grey hair, white hair
Gilbertese	ia	grey or greying hair
Lou	kup-kup	white hair, as of the elderly
Cheke Holo	ufa	greying (hair), have grey hair, become grey
Bugotu	ufa	be grey headed

PWMP ma-quban have gray hair ⇫ ¶

WMP
Itbayaten	ma-wvan	all white, having grey hair
Tagalog	ma-úban	gray-haired
Nias	mo-huwa	be gray, have gray hair
Kayan	m-uban	hair gone gray
Tae'	ma-uban	have gray hair

PWMP quban-en have gray hair ⇫ ¶

WMP
Tagalog	uban-in	to have gray hair
Aklanon	ubán-on	gray-haired, having gray hair
Cebuano	ubán-un	having grey hairs
Palauan	ʔəbál-l	gray or white hair; gray-haired, white-haired
Simalur	ufan-en	to get white or gray hair
Toba Batak	uban-on	have gray hair
Karo Batak	uban-en	have gray hair
Tontemboan	uwan-en	gray-haired, with gray hair
Tae'	uban-an	gray (of hair)
Makassarese	uaŋŋ-aŋ	turning gray, of the hair
Javanese	uwan-en	gray-haired
Bikol	uban-on	describing someone with a lot of white or gray hair; to turn gray (of the hair)

Reconstructions

PAN	qubaN	gray hair
PMP	quban	gray hair
PWMP	ma-quban	have gray hair
PWMP	quban-en	have gray hair

Note

Also Seediq ubal ‘hair’, Tboli ubón ‘white hair’, Bintulu uɓan ‘gray hair’, Balinese wan-an ‘grey-haired’, Nggela uvana ‘grey hair’. The partial resemblance of Bontok na-oban-an ‘gray hair; to be gray-headed’, Mongondow in-uban-an ‘with gray hair’ and Nggela uvana (all apparently reflecting *-an) is attributed to chance.