Where does “biag” come from?

biag (Mongondow) comes from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian bihaʀ — captive, one taken alive in war.

biag (Mongondow): alive

Definitions

  1. alive

Ancestry of “biag”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Malayo-Polynesianbihaʀcaptive, one taken alive in war
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