Where does “ปาฮา” come from?

ปาฮา (Urak Lawoi') comes from Proto-Malayic *paha(ʔ), from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian paqa, from Proto-Austronesian paqa — thigh.

ปาฮา (Urak Lawoi'): upper leg

Definitions

  1. upper leg

Ancestry of “ปาฮา”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Malayic*paha(ʔ)thigh
2Proto-Malayo-Polynesianpaqathigh
3Proto-Austronesianpaqathigh
Every word from Proto-Austronesian paqa →Every word from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian paqa →Every word from Proto-Malayic *paha(ʔ) →
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