Where does “kati” come from?

kati (Hanunoo) comes from Proto-Philippine *kátiq.

kati (Hanunoo): decoy wild cock

Definitions

  1. decoy wild cock

Ancestry of “kati”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Philippine*kátiq
Every word from Proto-Philippine *kátiq
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