Where does “kukua” come from?

kukua (Ilocano) comes from Ilocano kua, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian kua.

kukua (Ilocano): possessions; property; assets; owned items

Definitions

  1. possessions; property; assets; owned items

Ancestry of “kukua”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1IlocanokuaReplaces a word or root that the speaker cannot recall; whatchamacallit; thingy; thingamajig
2Proto-Malayo-Polynesiankua—
Every word from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian kua →Every word from Ilocano kua →
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