Where does “vagu” come from?

vagu (Coastal Kadazan) comes from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian baqəʀu, from Proto-Austronesian *baqəʀuh — new.

vagu (Coastal Kadazan): new recently made or created

Definitions

  1. new recently made or created

Ancestry of “vagu”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Malayo-Polynesianbaqəʀunew recently made or created
2Proto-Austronesian*baqəʀuhnew
Every word from Proto-Austronesian *baqəʀuh →Every word from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian baqəʀu →
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