Where does “kumulang” come from?

kumulang (Tagalog) comes from Tagalog -um-, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian -um-, from Proto-Austronesian -um- — inflectional infix marking actor voice.

kumulang (Tagalog): to be less

Definitions

  1. to be less

Ancestry of “kumulang”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Tagalog-um-Infix form of um-
2Proto-Malayo-Polynesian-um-inflectional affix marking actor voice
3Proto-Austronesian-um-inflectional infix marking actor voice

Words derived from “kumulang”

Every word from Proto-Austronesian -um- →