Where does “higsipnayan” come from?
higsipnayan (Tagalog) comes from Tagalog sipnayan, from Tagalog hanayan, from Tagalog -an, from Proto-Philippine *-an, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian -an, from Proto-Austronesian -an — Verbal suffix marking locative focus; Nominal...
higsipnayan (Tagalog): higher mathematics
Definitions
- higher mathematics
Ancestry of “higsipnayan”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tagalog | sipnayan | mathematics |
| 2 | Tagalog | hanayan | place where things are arranged into lines or rows |
| 3 | Tagalog | -an | object trigger: to do something to a person or a... |
| 4 | Proto-Philippine | *-an | verbal suffix marking locative focus |
| 5 | Proto-Malayo-Polynesian | -an | Verbal suffix marking locative focus; Nominal... |
| 6 | Proto-Austronesian | -an | Verbal suffix marking locative focus; Nominal... |