Where does “kamanakang” come from?

kamanakang (Makasar) comes from Makasar ammanaʼ, from Makasar anaʼ, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian anak, from Proto-Austronesian aNak — child.

kamanakang (Makasar): nephew; niece

Definitions

  1. nephew; niece

Ancestry of “kamanakang”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Makasarammanaʼto have a child of a father and mother
2Makasaranaʼchild; offspring; first-generation descendant
3Proto-Malayo-Polynesiananakchild
4Proto-AustronesianaNakchild

Words derived from “kamanakang”

Every word from Proto-Austronesian aNak →