Where does “ani” come from?

ani (Hanunoo) comes from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *qanih, from Proto-Austronesian *qaniS.

ani (Hanunoo): harvesting rice with bare hands

Definitions

  1. harvesting rice with bare hands

Ancestry of “ani”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Malayo-Polynesian*qanihharvest
2Proto-Austronesian*qaniS—
Every word from Proto-Austronesian *qaniS →Every word from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *qanih →
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