Where does “nge-” come from?

nge- (Indonesian) comes from Betawi nge-, from Sundanese n-, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *maN- — inflectional prefix marking actor voice.

nge- (Indonesian): used to mark active subject on a verb, except in direct imperative sentence

Definitions

  1. used to mark active subject on a verb, except in direct imperative sentence

Ancestry of “nge-”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Betawinge-used to mark active subject on a verb
2Sundanesen-active verb-forming prefix
3Proto-Malayo-Polynesian*maN-inflectional prefix marking actor voice

Words derived from “nge-

Every word from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *maN-