Where does “wa'a” come from?

wa'a (Nias) comes from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *wakaʀ — root.

wa'a (Nias): root of plant

Definitions

  1. root of plant

Ancestry of “wa'a”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Malayo-Polynesian*wakaʀroot
Every word from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *wakaʀ
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