Where does “kawaloag usa” come from?

kawaloag usa (Cebuano) comes from Cebuano kawaloan, from Cebuano walo, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian walu, from Proto-Austronesian walu — eight.

kawaloag usa (Cebuano): eighty-one

Definitions

  1. eighty-one

Ancestry of “kawaloag usa”, step by step

kawaloag usa traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.

via Cebuano kawaloan

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Cebuanokawaloaneighty
2Cebuanowaloeight; 8
3Proto-Malayo-Polynesianwalueight
4Proto-Austronesianwalueight

via Cebuano usa

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Cebuanousaone; 1; one unnamed person or thing; any person
2Proto-Malayo-Polynesian*uʀsadeer

via Cebuano ug

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Cebuanougand
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