Where does “-ka” come from?

-ka (Ilocano) comes from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian ka, from Proto-Austronesian ka — if.

-ka (Ilocano): Second-person absolutive enclitic personal pronoun; you

Definitions

  1. Second-person absolutive enclitic personal pronoun; you

Ancestry of “-ka”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Malayo-Polynesiankaif
2Proto-Austronesiankaif
Every word from Proto-Austronesian kaEvery word from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian ka
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