Where does “pabalat” come from?

pabalat (Tagalog) comes from Tagalog pa-, from Proto-Austronesian pa- — causative prefix.

pabalat (Tagalog): cover; wrapper

Definitions

  1. cover; wrapper

Ancestry of “pabalat”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Tagalogpa-"adverbial prefix" - "Indicates process of...
2Proto-Austronesianpa-causative prefix
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