Where does “abaga” come from?

abaga (Tagakaulu Kalagan) comes from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian qabaʀa, from Proto-Austronesian qabaʀa — shoulder.

abaga (Tagakaulu Kalagan): shoulder

Definitions

  1. shoulder

Ancestry of “abaga”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Malayo-Polynesianqabaʀashoulder
2Proto-Austronesianqabaʀashoulder
Every word from Proto-Austronesian qabaʀa →Every word from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian qabaʀa →
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