Where does “ida” come from?

ida (Ilocano) comes from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *ida — they; them.

ida (Ilocano): Third-person plural absolutive patient enclitic pronoun; them

Definitions

  1. Third-person plural absolutive patient enclitic pronoun; them

Ancestry of “ida”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Malayo-Polynesian*idathey; them
Every word from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *ida