Where does “paghi” come from?

paghi (Muna) comes from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian paqit, from Proto-Austronesian paqiC.

paghi (Muna): bitter

Definitions

  1. bitter

Ancestry of “paghi”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Malayo-Polynesianpaqitbitterness
2Proto-AustronesianpaqiC—
Every word from Proto-Austronesian paqiC →Every word from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian paqit →
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