Where does “ngaji” come from?

ngaji (Sundanese) comes from Sundanese n-, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *maN- — inflectional prefix marking actor voice.

ngaji (Sundanese): to read the Quran

Definitions

  1. to read the Quran

Ancestry of “ngaji”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Sundanesen-active verb-forming prefix
2Proto-Malayo-Polynesian*maN-inflectional prefix marking actor voice
Every word from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *maN- →