Where does “hari pengada” come from?

hari pengada (Iban) comes from Iban pengada, from Iban ada, from Proto-Malayic *ada(ʔ), from Proto-Malayo-Chamic ada, from Proto-Malayo-Sumbawan wada, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian wada — to be.

hari pengada (Iban): birthday

Definitions

  1. birthday

Ancestry of “hari pengada”, step by step

hari pengada traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Iban pengada

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ibanpengadabirth
2Ibanadato be born; to give birth
3Proto-Malayic*ada(ʔ)to be
4Proto-Malayo-Chamicadato be
5Proto-Malayo-Sumbawanwadato be
6Proto-Malayo-Polynesianwadato be

via Iban hari

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ibanhariday
2Proto-Malayicariday
3Proto-Malayo-Polynesianwaʀiday
4Proto-Austronesianwaʀiday; sun; to dry
Every word from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian wada →Every word from Proto-Malayo-Sumbawan wada →Every word from Proto-Malayo-Chamic ada →