Where does “wa” come from?

wa (Tagalog) comes from Tagalog wala, from Proto-Philippine *wada.

wa (Tagalog): shoo; used to drive away pigs and other animals

Definitions

  1. shoo; used to drive away pigs and other animals

Ancestry of “wa”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Tagalogwalanothing; none; absent; gulf; high seas
2Proto-Philippine*wada—

Words derived from “wa”

Every word from Proto-Philippine *wada →