Where does “makakawhaan” come from?
makakawhaan (Cebuano) comes from Cebuano napulog pito, from Cebuano pito, from Spanish pito, from Spanish pico, from Old Spanish bico, from Latin beccus, from Latin -āceus, from Latin -āx — Creates adjectives from noun or verb stems.
makakawhaan (Cebuano): twenty times
Definitions
- twenty times
Ancestry of “makakawhaan”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cebuano | napulog pito | seventeen |
| 2 | Cebuano | pito | seven; 7; a whistle; the sound of a whistle |
| 3 | Spanish | pito | whistle; fife; catcall |
| 4 | Spanish | pico | beak; sharp point; pick, pickaxe |
| 5 | Old Spanish | bico | — |
| 6 | Latin | beccus | beak, bill |
| 7 | Latin | -āceus | aceous; resembling, having the nature of, forming, belonging to |
| 8 | Latin | -āx | ish, -y |
| 9 | Latin | -ium | Suffix used to form abstract nouns, sometimes... |
| 10 | Latin | -ius | forming adjectives from nouns; nominative neuter... |
| 11 | Proto-Italic | -jōs | Forms comparative adjectives |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | -yós | Creates adjectives from noun or verb stems |