Where does “kakha tuka” come from?
kakha tuka (Cebuano) comes from Cebuano tuka, from Proto-Philippine *tukaq.
kakha tuka (Cebuano): hand-to-mouth; involving immediate consumption (especially of food) with no provision for the future; having barely enough to survive, being close to poverty
Definitions
- hand-to-mouth; involving immediate consumption (especially of food) with no provision for the future; having barely enough to survive, being close to poverty
Ancestry of “kakha tuka”, step by step
kakha tuka traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Cebuano tuka
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cebuano | tuka | to peck, to strike or pierce with the beak or... |
| 2 | Proto-Philippine | *tukaq | — |
via Cebuano kakha
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cebuano | kakha | to scratch or scrape the ground |