Where does “makatapilan” come from?

makatapilan (Kapampangan) comes from Kapampangan pilan, from Proto-Philippine *pijah, from Proto-Austronesian *pijax — how many.

makatapilan (Kapampangan): how many times

Definitions

  1. how many times

Ancestry of “makatapilan”, step by step

makatapilan traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Kapampangan pilan

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Kapampanganpilanhow many
2Proto-Philippine*pijah—
3Proto-Austronesian*pijaxhow many

via Kapampangan makata

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Kapampanganmakata—
Every word from Proto-Austronesian *pijax →Every word from Proto-Philippine *pijah →Every word from Kapampangan pilan →