Where does “mang-abala” come from?

mang-abala (Tagalog) comes from Tagalog mang-, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *maN- — inflectional prefix marking actor voice.

mang-abala (Tagalog): to annoy; to disturb; to trouble; to inconvenience

Definitions

  1. to annoy; to disturb; to trouble; to inconvenience

Ancestry of “mang-abala”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Tagalogmang-3rd actor trigger verb suffix
2Proto-Malayo-Polynesian*maN-inflectional prefix marking actor voice
Every word from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *maN- →Every word from Tagalog mang- →