Where does “mapahiya” come from?

mapahiya (Tagalog) comes from Tagalog hiya, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian həyaq, from Proto-Austronesian *Səyaq.

mapahiya (Tagalog): to get embarrassed; to lose face

Definitions

  1. to get embarrassed; to lose face

Ancestry of “mapahiya”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Tagaloghiyashame; a painful feeling of having done something...
2Proto-Malayo-Polynesianhəyaq—
3Proto-Austronesian*Səyaq—
Every word from Proto-Austronesian *Səyaq →Every word from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian həyaq →Every word from Tagalog hiya →
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