Where does “lumaban” come from?

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

lumaban (Tagalog): to fight

Definitions

  1. to fight

Ancestry of “lumaban”, 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
Every word from Proto-Austronesian -um- →