Where does “ababaw” come from?

ababaw (Hanunoo) comes from Hanunoo babaw, from Proto-Austronesian *babaw — upper surface.

ababaw (Hanunoo): shallow

Definitions

  1. shallow

Ancestry of “ababaw”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Hanunoobabawsurface; top; uppermost surface
2Proto-Austronesian*babawupper surface
Every word from Proto-Austronesian *babaw →