Where does “pagguwam” come from?

pagguwam (Tausug) comes from Malay peguam, from Malay guam, from Thai ความ, from Proto-Tai ɣwaːmᴬ — matter.

pagguwam (Tausug): lawyer

Definitions

  1. lawyer

Ancestry of “pagguwam”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1MalaypeguamA lawyer
2Malayguamthrush; a disease of the sprue type attacking children
3Thaiความaffair; matter; content; essence; subject;...
4Proto-Taiɣwaːmᴬmatter
Every word from Proto-Tai ɣwaːmᴬ →
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