Where does “punuan” come from?

punuan (Tagalog) comes from Tagalog -an, from Proto-Philippine *-an, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian -an, from Proto-Austronesian -an — Verbal suffix marking locative focus; Nominal...

punuan (Tagalog): fully loaded or occupied; crowded; packed of a situation, such as in vehicles, cinema houses, etc

Definitions

  1. fully loaded or occupied; crowded; packed of a situation, such as in vehicles, cinema houses, etc

Ancestry of “punuan”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Tagalog-anobject trigger: to do something to a person or a...
2Proto-Philippine*-anverbal suffix marking locative focus
3Proto-Malayo-Polynesian-anVerbal suffix marking locative focus; Nominal...
4Proto-Austronesian-anVerbal suffix marking locative focus; Nominal...
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