Where does “wala nay ata” come from?
wala nay ata (Cebuano) comes from Cebuano wala, from Austronesian *wada, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian wada — to be.
wala nay ata (Cebuano): To be out of semen; to be sterile or impotent
Definitions
- To be out of semen; to be sterile or impotent
Ancestry of “wala nay ata”, step by step
wala nay ata traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.
via Cebuano wala
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cebuano | wala | indicates the nonexistence or absence of something; there is none, no one, nothing |
| 2 | Austronesian | *wada | — |
| 3 | Proto-Malayo-Polynesian | wada | to be |
via Cebuano ata
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cebuano | ata | squid ink |
via Cebuano na
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cebuano | na | after an adjective marks that something is already the case when it wasn't so before; is now |