Where does “-kaa” come from?

-kaa (Broome Pearling Lugger Pidgin) comes from Japanese か, from Japanese いつか — sometime, at some point.

-kaa (Broome Pearling Lugger Pidgin): marks yes/no questions; marks if-assumptions

Definitions

  1. marks yes/no questions; marks if-assumptions

Ancestry of “-kaa”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japaneseかfinal interrogative particle, similar to a...
2Japaneseいつかsometime, at some point
Every word from Japanese いつか →Every word from Japanese か →