Where does “nakuan” come from?

nakuan (Cebuano) comes from Cebuano kuan, from Chinese Mandarin 關.

Ancestry of “nakuan”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1CebuanokuanThe being indicated; Used in hesitant speech, or...
2Chinese Mandarin
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