Where does “kapamu” come from?

kapamu (Kapampangan) comes from Kapampangan ka-, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian ka-, from Proto-Austronesian ka- — inchoative.

kapamu (Kapampangan): wait a moment!; hold on for a while!

Definitions

  1. wait a moment!; hold on for a while!

Ancestry of “kapamu”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Kapampanganka-implies companionship or partnership when prefixed to a root
2Proto-Malayo-Polynesianka-marker of past time in temporal expressions
3Proto-Austronesianka-inchoative
Every word from Proto-Austronesian ka- →