Where does “ญาเมาะ” come from?

ญาเมาะ (Urak Lawoi') comes from Proto-Malayic ñamuk, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian ñamuk — mosquito.

ญาเมาะ (Urak Lawoi'): mosquito

Definitions

  1. mosquito

Ancestry of “ญาเมาะ”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Malayicñamuk—
2Proto-Malayo-Polynesianñamukmosquito
Every word from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian ñamuk →Every word from Proto-Malayic ñamuk →