Where does “manawa” come from?

manawa (Tagalog) comes from Tagalog sawa, from Proto-Philippine sawa, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian sawa.

manawa (Tagalog): to be fed up; to lose interest or appetite on something due to excess

Definitions

  1. to be fed up; to lose interest or appetite on something due to excess

Ancestry of “manawa”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Tagalogsawaboa constrictor; python, esp. the reticulated...
2Proto-Philippinesawa—
3Proto-Malayo-Polynesiansawa—
Every word from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian sawa →Every word from Proto-Philippine sawa →Every word from Tagalog sawa →