Where does “naman” come from?

naman (Kapampangan) comes from Kapampangan na, from Kapampangan nanu, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian anu, from Proto-Austronesian (na-)nu — what.

naman (Kapampangan): used to soften requests

Definitions

  1. used to soften requests

Ancestry of “naman”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Kapampanganna3rd person singular possessive/ergative pronoun: he; his; she; her; it; its
2Kapampangannanuwhat
3Proto-Malayo-Polynesiananuwhat?
4Proto-Austronesian(na-)nuwhat

Words derived from “naman”

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