Where does “-a” come from?

-a (Tagalog) comes from Proto-Austronesian *-a.

-a (Tagalog): forms the imperative mood of patient trigger verbs

Definitions

  1. forms the imperative mood of patient trigger verbs

Ancestry of “-a”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Austronesian*-a

Words derived from “-a

Every word from Proto-Austronesian *-a
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