Where does “tīpiga” come from?

tīpiga (Tokelauan) comes from Tokelauan -ga, from Proto-Polynesian -ŋa.

tīpiga (Tokelauan): surgery; operation

Definitions

  1. surgery; operation

Ancestry of “tīpiga”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Tokelauan-gaUsed to form nouns denoting the action of the suffixed verb; -ion, -ing
2Proto-Polynesian-ŋa—
Every word from Proto-Polynesian -ŋa →Every word from Tokelauan -ga →