Where does “awak” come from?

awak (Mansaka) comes from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *hawak, from Proto-Austronesian *Sawak — waist.

awak (Mansaka): waist

Definitions

  1. waist

Ancestry of “awak”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Malayo-Polynesian*hawakwaist
2Proto-Austronesian*Sawakwaist
Every word from Proto-Austronesian *Sawak →Every word from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *hawak →
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