Etymological Dictionary of Hungarian (EDH)

Sum. ab, ab-ba
Melan. o’fa, apa “father”
ALFRÉD TÓTH : ETYMOLOGICAL DICTIONARY OF HUNGARIAN (EDH)
16. Austronesian and Hungarian
Polyn. pa “honorary title towards the father”, aba “to honor”
Indon. pa’, apai, apang, aba, pa “father”
Mon-Khmer pha’ (?), pa’, pā’, pa, ipa’, apá’, apa, āpe’, apā, pà, mpa “father”, āpe’ “father-in-law”
4 balta “axe”
Gost. 648; Rivet, p. 34
Sum. bal
Melan. pole, poali, varu, var “stone”, baré “stone axe”
Polyn. pari “steep boulder”, pali “steep hill”, pare-ra “reef”, pure-va “to kill with stones”
Indon. u-par, o-par “stone”, palau, bulud, buled, būd “hill”
Mon-Khmer balu “stone”, bālog “stone, rock”, bru, barou “mountain”
5 bendő, old bende “paunch”
ŠL 73; 144; Gost. 222, 449; Rivet, p. 47
Sum. ti, banda
Melan. biti, boti-ana “small”, pwito, ptio “to start growing”
Polyn. poto, ta-botu, boto-boto, poto-poto, potu-laki “small”, poto-poto “a little piece of fish”,
haka-poto “short”, poto “id.”
Indon. bozy, bote-ta, bodo, bo-bodo-k “small”, but, pontjo “small”, batah, budak, bata “child,
son”, boto-micaon “small boy”, pendèk, pandak “short”
Mon-Khmer budek, bodo, mer-bodo, budik “child”
6 bér “salary; rent”, bérelni “to rent”
ŠL 152(4); MSL III 351; Gost. 518; Rivet, p. 52
Sum. ubara
Melan. inpare “defence”
Polyn. ko-pare “protection for the eyes; to protect one’s eyes”, pare-pare “parapet in a fortress”,
pa-pale “to go to help, to offer help”, pare “strong; castle; place to hide; to defend; protection for
one’s eyes”, pare-ora “hiding place”, pare-matua “actions of defence of a country or peoples”,
aku-pare “fortress”, ta-pare “to protect from the light”, pale “to defend”, pale-pale, pole “id.”,
bale-i “id.”, ko-pare-pare “to watch, to protect”
Indon. bahala “to care”
Mon-Khmer pri “to protect”
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