Where does “kapulungan” come from?

kapulungan (Tagalog) comes from Tagalog ka- -an, from Proto-Austronesian *ka- -an.

kapulungan (Tagalog): convention; meeting

Definitions

  1. convention; meeting

Ancestry of “kapulungan”, step by step

kapulungan traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Tagalog ka- -an

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Tagalogka- -anused to form abstract nouns
2Proto-Austronesian*ka- -an—

via Tagalog pulong

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Tagalogpulongmeeting; conference; forum

Words derived from “kapulungan”

Every word from Proto-Austronesian *ka- -an →Every word from Tagalog ka- -an →