Where does “igoa” come from?

igoa (Tuvaluan) comes from Proto-Polynesian hingoa, from Cebuano -a, from Proto-Austronesian *-a.

igoa (Tuvaluan): name

Definitions

  1. name

Ancestry of “igoa”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Polynesianhingoa—
2Cebuano-acreates imperative forms of verbs
3Proto-Austronesian*-a—
Every word from Proto-Austronesian *-a →Every word from Cebuano -a →Every word from Proto-Polynesian hingoa →