Where does “manapak” come from?

manapak (Tagalog) comes from Tagalog sapak, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *sapak.

manapak (Tagalog): to slap with a downward chopping blow

Definitions

  1. to slap with a downward chopping blow

Ancestry of “manapak”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Tagalogsapakslap; splitting downward blow using the hand
2Proto-Malayo-Polynesian*sapak—
Every word from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *sapak →Every word from Tagalog sapak →
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