Where does “kaawa-awa” come from?

kaawa-awa (Tagalog) comes from Tagalog Ka-, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian ka-, from Proto-Austronesian ka- — inchoative.

kaawa-awa (Tagalog): pitiful; pitiable

Definitions

  1. pitiful; pitiable

Ancestry of “kaawa-awa”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1TagalogKa-implies companionship or partnership
2Proto-Malayo-Polynesianka-marker of past time in temporal expressions
3Proto-Austronesianka-inchoative

Words derived from “kaawa-awa”

Every word from Proto-Austronesian ka- →Every word from Tagalog Ka- →Every word from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian ka- →