Where does “barangkali” come from?
barangkali (Indonesian) comes from Malay barangkali, from Malay kali, from Javanese ꦏꦭ, from Old Javanese kali, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian kali, from Proto-Austronesian kalih, from Old Javanese ka-, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian ka- — inchoative.
barangkali (Indonesian): maybe
Definitions
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Ancestry of “barangkali”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Malay | barangkali | perhaps, maybe, hopefully |
| 2 | Malay | kali | Obsolete form of gali; river; times |
| 3 | Javanese | ꦏꦭ | time; season; bird noose or snare |
| 4 | Old Javanese | kali | river |
| 5 | Proto-Malayo-Polynesian | kali | to dig up; to excavate |
| 6 | Proto-Austronesian | kalih | to dig up; to excavate |
| 7 | Old Javanese | ka- | passive verb-forming prefix |
| 8 | Proto-Malayo-Polynesian | ka- | marker of past time in temporal expressions |
| 9 | Proto-Austronesian | ka- | inchoative |