Where does “mapilan” come from?

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

mapilan (Kapampangan): how many times

Definitions

  1. how many times

Ancestry of “mapilan”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Kapampanganpilanhow many
2Proto-Philippine*pijah—
3Proto-Austronesian*pijaxhow many
Every word from Proto-Austronesian *pijax →Every word from Proto-Philippine *pijah →Every word from Kapampangan pilan →