Where does “ba” come from?

ba (Chavacano) comes from Tagalog ba, from Proto-Austronesian *ba.

ba (Chavacano): marks a sentence as interrogative

Definitions

  1. marks a sentence as interrogative

Ancestry of “ba”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Tagalogbamarks a sentence as interrogative; used in...
2Proto-Austronesian*ba
Every word from Proto-Austronesian *ba