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Where does “dyahe” come from?

dyahe (Tagalog) comes from Tagalog hiya, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian həyaq, from Proto-Austronesian *Səyaq.

dyahe (Tagalog): embarrassed; shameful

Definitions

  1. embarrassed; shameful

Ancestry of “dyahe”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Tagaloghiyashame; a painful feeling of having done something...
2Proto-Malayo-Polynesianhəyaq—
3Proto-Austronesian*Səyaq—
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