Where does “bigat” come from?
bigat (Tagalog) comes from Proto-Philippine bəʀəqat, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian bəʀəqat — weight; heaviness; difficult; pregnant.
bigat (Tagalog): weight; graveness; gravity of a situation
Definitions
- weight; graveness; gravity of a situation
Ancestry of “bigat”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Proto-Philippine | bəʀəqat | — |
| 2 | Proto-Malayo-Polynesian | bəʀəqat | weight; heaviness; difficult; pregnant |