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Where does “gulangan” come from?

gulangan (Tagalog) comes from Tagalog -an, from Proto-Philippine *-an, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian -an, from Proto-Austronesian -an — Verbal suffix marking locative focus; Nominal...

gulangan (Tagalog): to take advantage of someone who has not had much...

Definitions

  1. to take advantage of someone who has not had much...

Ancestry of “gulangan”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Tagalog-anobject trigger: to do something to a person or a...
2Proto-Philippine*-an—
3Proto-Malayo-Polynesian-anVerbal suffix marking locative focus; Nominal...
4Proto-Austronesian-anVerbal suffix marking locative focus; Nominal...
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