Where does “piga” come from?

piga (Tok Pisin) comes from Malay pinjam, from Classical Malay pinjam, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *hinzam, from Proto-Austronesian Səzam.

piga (Tok Pisin): to borrow

Definitions

  1. to borrow

Ancestry of “piga”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Malaypinjamto borrow
2Classical Malaypinjam
3Proto-Malayo-Polynesian*hinzam
4Proto-AustronesianSəzam
Every word from Proto-Austronesian Səzam
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