Where does “-na” come from?

-na (Ilocano) comes from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian ni-a, from Proto-Austronesian ni-a.

-na (Ilocano): Third-person singular ergative enclitic pronoun; he, she, it

Definitions

  1. Third-person singular ergative enclitic pronoun; he, she, it

Ancestry of “-na”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Malayo-Polynesianni-a—
2Proto-Austronesianni-a—

Words derived from “-na”

Every word from Proto-Austronesian ni-a →Every word from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian ni-a →