Where does “abaw-abaw” come from?

abaw-abaw (Bikol Central) comes from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian abaw, from Proto-Berber *a-βaw.

Ancestry of “abaw-abaw”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Malayo-Polynesianabaw—
2Proto-Berber*a-βaw—

Words derived from “abaw-abaw”

Every word from Proto-Berber *a-βaw →