Where does “-na” come from?

-na (Sundanese) comes from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian ni-a, from Proto-Austronesian ni-a.

-na (Sundanese): Possessive third person singular oblique enclitic pronoun

Definitions

  1. Possessive third person singular oblique enclitic pronoun

Ancestry of “-na”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Malayo-Polynesianni-a
2Proto-Austronesianni-a

Words derived from “-na

Every word from Proto-Austronesian ni-aEvery word from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian ni-a
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