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Where does “-um-” come from?

-um- (Hiligaynon) comes from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian -um-, from Proto-Austronesian -um-.

-um- (Hiligaynon): an agent trigger infix

Definitions

  1. an agent trigger infix

Ancestry of “-um-”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Malayo-Polynesian-um-—
2Proto-Austronesian-um-—
Every word from Proto-Austronesian -um- →