Where does “gua” come from?
gua (Malay) comes from Sanskrit गुहा, from Sanskrit गुह्, from Proto-Indo-Iranian gʰawȷ́ʰ- — to hide, conceal.
gua (Malay): I, me, my; cave; "First-person singular pronoun":...
Definitions
- I, me, my; cave; "First-person singular pronoun":...
Ancestry of “gua”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Sanskrit | गुहा | hiding place, cave, cavern |
| 2 | Sanskrit | गुह् | a hiding place, cave, den, lair |
| 3 | Proto-Indo-Iranian | gʰawȷ́ʰ- | to hide, conceal |