Where does “manbes” come from?

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

manbes (Kankanaey): to look for the clothes of a dead person

Definitions

  1. to look for the clothes of a dead person

Ancestry of “manbes”, step by step

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