Where does “tawa” come from?

tawa (Malay) comes from Proto-Malayic tawa(ʔ), from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian tawa, from Proto-Austronesian Cawa — to laugh.

tawa (Malay): to laugh

Definitions

  1. to laugh

Ancestry of “tawa”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Malayictawa(ʔ)to laugh
2Proto-Malayo-Polynesiantawato [ {{gloss|show mirth by peculiar movement of...
3Proto-AustronesianCawato laugh

Words derived from “tawa”

Every word from Proto-Austronesian Cawa →Every word from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian tawa →Every word from Proto-Malayic tawa(ʔ) →