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Where does “tumpu” come from?

tumpu (Proto-Oceanic) comes from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian ta- — involuntary action prefix.

Ancestry of “tumpu”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Malayo-Polynesianta-involuntary action prefix

Words derived from “tumpu”

  • tupuna
  • tupuna
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