Where does “tanigi” come from?

tanigi (Tagalog) comes from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *taŋiʀi — Spanish mackerel, kingfish: Scomberomorus spp.

tanigi (Tagalog): narrow-barred Spanish mackerel

Definitions

  1. narrow-barred Spanish mackerel

Ancestry of “tanigi”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Malayo-Polynesian*taŋiʀiSpanish mackerel, kingfish: Scomberomorus spp
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