Where does “kawawaan” come from?
kawawaan (Tagalog) comes from Tagalog wawa, from Tagalog kawawa, from Tagalog kaawa-awa, from Tagalog Ka-, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian ka-, from Proto-Austronesian ka- — inchoative.
kawawaan (Tagalog): main meaning; real sense; the point
Definitions
- main meaning; real sense; the point
Ancestry of “kawawaan”, step by step
kawawaan traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Tagalog wawa
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tagalog | wawa | river mouth; delta; meaning; the real sense of,... |
| 2 | Tagalog | kawawa | sad; miserable; pathetic; wretched |
| 3 | Tagalog | kaawa-awa | pitiful; pitiable |
| 4 | Tagalog | Ka- | implies companionship or partnership |
| 5 | Proto-Malayo-Polynesian | ka- | marker of past time in temporal expressions |
| 6 | Proto-Austronesian | ka- | inchoative |