Where does “daktinig” come from?

daktinig (Tagalog) comes from Tagalog tinig, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian teneR — sound, voice.

daktinig (Tagalog): loudspeaker

Definitions

  1. loudspeaker

Ancestry of “daktinig”, step by step

daktinig traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Tagalog tinig

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Tagalogtinigvoice; tone; intonation; expression of opinion,...
2Proto-Malayo-PolynesianteneRsound, voice

via Cebuano dako

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1CebuanodakoAn adult, a grown up; A single one-centavo coin;...
2Tagalogdaktaogreat man
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