Where does “man-awit” come from?

man-awit (Kankanaey) comes from Kankanaey man-, from Austronesian *maʀ-.

man-awit (Kankanaey): to slope, to slant (for instance, loads carried on a pole, one-half on each side)

Definitions

  1. to slope, to slant (for instance, loads carried on a pole, one-half on each side)

Ancestry of “man-awit”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Kankanaeyman-actor trigger verb prefix
2Austronesian*maʀ-—
Every word from Austronesian *maʀ- →Every word from Kankanaey man- →