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Where does “gawa” come from?

gawa (Tagalog) comes from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *gawaq.

gawa (Tagalog): refers to the act of creating and doing...

Definitions

  1. refers to the act of creating and doing...

Ancestry of “gawa”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Malayo-Polynesian*gawaq—

Words derived from “gawa”

  • pagawaan
Every word from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *gawaq →