Where does “tawa(ʔ)” come from?

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

tawa(ʔ) (Proto-Malayic): to laugh

Definitions

  1. to laugh

Ancestry of “tawa(ʔ)”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Malayo-Polynesiantawato [ {{gloss|show mirth by peculiar movement of...
2Proto-AustronesianCawato laugh

Words derived from “tawa(ʔ)”

Every word from Proto-Austronesian Cawa →Every word from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian tawa →
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