Where does “adda” come from?

adda (Ilocano) comes from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian wada — to be.

adda (Ilocano): to have

Definitions

  1. to have

Ancestry of “adda”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Malayo-Polynesianwadato be
Every word from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian wada
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