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Where does “dakpan” come from?

dakpan (Cebuano) comes from Cebuano -an, from Proto-Philippine *-an, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian -an, from Proto-Austronesian -an — Verbal suffix marking locative focus; Nominal...

dakpan (Cebuano): caught; captured; arrested; apprehended

Definitions

  1. caught; captured; arrested; apprehended

Ancestry of “dakpan”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Cebuano-anplace of
2Proto-Philippine*-an—
3Proto-Malayo-Polynesian-anVerbal suffix marking locative focus; Nominal...
4Proto-Austronesian-anVerbal suffix marking locative focus; Nominal...
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