Where does “kini” come from?

kini (Indonesian) comes from Malay kini, from Malay ke, from Old Malay ka, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian ka, from Proto-Austronesian ka — if.

kini (Indonesian): present; now

Definitions

  1. present; now

Ancestry of “kini”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Malaykinipresent; now
2Malaykeor; to
3Old Malayka
4Proto-Malayo-Polynesiankaif
5Proto-Austronesiankaif

Words derived from “kini

Every word from Proto-Austronesian ka
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