Where does “ngeni” come from?

ngeni (Kapampangan) comes from Kapampangan ini, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *ini, from Proto-Austronesian *ini — this.

ngeni (Kapampangan): now; at present

Definitions

  1. now; at present

Ancestry of “ngeni”, step by step

ngeni traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Kapampangan ini

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Kapampanganinithis
2Proto-Malayo-Polynesian*inithis
3Proto-Austronesian*inithis

via Kapampangan nga

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Kapampanganngaa particle used for emphatic affirmation, used in conjunction with

Words derived from “ngeni”

Every word from Proto-Austronesian *ini →Every word from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *ini →Every word from Kapampangan ini →