Where does “pengawa” come from?

pengawa (Iban) comes from Iban pen.

pengawa (Iban): work, duty

Definitions

  1. work, duty

Ancestry of “pengawa”, step by step

pengawa traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Iban pen

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ibanpen

via Iban gawa

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ibangawawork

Words derived from “pengawa

Every word from Iban pen
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