Where does “pag-uwi” come from?

pag-uwi (Tagalog) comes from Tagalog pag-, from Tagalog kapag, from Tagalog kapagka — if.

pag-uwi (Tagalog): manner of returning home

Definitions

  1. manner of returning home

Ancestry of “pag-uwi”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Tagalogpag-Used to form verbal nouns from verbs prefixed...
2Tagalogkapagif
3Tagalogkapagkaif
Every word from Tagalog kapagka →Every word from Tagalog pag- →Every word from Tagalog kapag →