Where does “kenkuana” come from?

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

kenkuana (Ilocano): Third-person singular oblique pronoun; to him/her/it, for him/her/it

Definitions

  1. Third-person singular oblique pronoun; to him/her/it, for him/her/it

Ancestry of “kenkuana”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ilocano-naThird-person singular ergative enclitic pronoun; he, she, it
2Proto-Malayo-Polynesianni-a—
3Proto-Austronesianni-a—
Every word from Proto-Austronesian ni-a →Every word from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian ni-a →Every word from Ilocano -na →
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