Where does “nung naman” come from?
nung naman (Kapampangan) comes from Kapampangan naman, from Kapampangan na, from Kapampangan nanu, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian anu, from Proto-Austronesian (na-)nu — what.
nung naman (Kapampangan): If so; if possible
Definitions
- If so; if possible
Ancestry of “nung naman”, step by step
nung naman traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Kapampangan naman
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kapampangan | naman | used to soften requests |
| 2 | Kapampangan | na | 3rd person singular possessive/ergative pronoun: he; his; she; her; it; its |
| 3 | Kapampangan | nanu | what |
| 4 | Proto-Malayo-Polynesian | anu | what? |
| 5 | Proto-Austronesian | (na-)nu | what |
via Kapampangan nung
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kapampangan | nung | if; supposing |