Where does “pumiha” come from?

pumiha (Tagalog) comes from Tagalog -um-, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian -um-, from Proto-Austronesian -um- — inflectional infix marking actor voice.

pumiha (Tagalog): to burnish; to polish

Definitions

  1. to burnish; to polish

Ancestry of “pumiha”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Tagalog-um-Infix form of um-
2Proto-Malayo-Polynesian-um-inflectional affix marking actor voice
3Proto-Austronesian-um-inflectional infix marking actor voice
Every word from Proto-Austronesian -um- →Every word from Tagalog -um- →Every word from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian -um- →