Where does “ninuka” come from?

ninuka (Kapampangan) comes from Kapampangan ka, from Kapampangan ika, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian i-kahu, from Proto-Austronesian i-kaSu.

ninuka (Kapampangan): whoever; somebody

Definitions

  1. whoever; somebody

Ancestry of “ninuka”, step by step

ninuka traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Kapampangan ka

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Kapampangankayou (second person singular)
2Kapampanganikayou exclusive singular
3Proto-Malayo-Polynesiani-kahu—
4Proto-Austronesiani-kaSu—

via Kapampangan ninu

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Kapampanganninuwho
Every word from Proto-Austronesian i-kaSu →Every word from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian i-kahu →Every word from Kapampangan ika →