Where does “kasakay” come from?

kasakay (Cebuano) comes from Cebuano Sakay, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *sakay.

kasakay (Cebuano): The passengers in a transportation other than...

Definitions

  1. The passengers in a transportation other than...

Ancestry of “kasakay”, step by step

kasakay traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Cebuano Sakay

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1CebuanoSakaya ride
2Proto-Malayo-Polynesian*sakay—

via Cebuano ka

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Cebuanoka—
Every word from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *sakay →Every word from Cebuano Sakay →
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