Where does “manpaypay” come from?

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

manpaypay (Kankanaey): to perform a paypay

Definitions

  1. to perform a paypay

Ancestry of “manpaypay”, step by step

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