Where does “nyamai” come from?

nyamai (Iban) comes from Proto-Malayic *ñaman, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *ñaman.

nyamai (Iban): delicious; tasty

Definitions

  1. delicious; tasty

Ancestry of “nyamai”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Malayic*ñaman—
2Proto-Malayo-Polynesian*ñaman—
Every word from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *ñaman →Every word from Proto-Malayic *ñaman →