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Where does “waley” come from?
waley (Tagalog) comes from Tagalog wala, from Proto-Philippine *wada.
waley
(Tagalog): nothing
Definitions
nothing
Ancestry of “waley”, step by step
Step
Language
Word
Meaning
1
Tagalog
wala
nothing; none; absent; gulf; high seas
2
Proto-Philippine
*wada
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