English
lobang
Lobang comes from Malay lubang ‘hole, opening, gap’, and goes back to Proto-Austronesian *lubaŋ ‘burial pit’.
- Proto-Austronesianprehistoric (reconstructed)*lubaŋ‘burial pit’reconstructed
- Proto-Malayo-Polynesianprehistoric (reconstructed)same form‘hole’reconstructed
- Proto-Malayicprehistoric (reconstructed)same formreconstructed
- Malaymodernlubang‘hole, opening, gap’
- Englishearliest quotation 1889lobang
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Proto-Austronesianprehistoric (reconstructed)*lubaŋ‘burial pit’reconstructed
- Proto-Malayo-Polynesianprehistoric (reconstructed)same form‘hole’reconstructed
- Proto-Malayicprehistoric (reconstructed)same formreconstructed
- Malaymodernlubang‘hole, opening, gap’
- Englishearliest quotation 1889lobang
Earliest quotation: 1889, Capital in the Straits: “So long as these men have a lobang they…”
Every English word from Proto-Austronesian *lubaŋ
Today it means
noun A good deal or opportunity; pertaining to job offers, business opportunities or sales.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Proto-Austronesian *lubaŋ / lobang