Where does “ꦏꦧꦪꦤ꧀” come from?

ꦏꦧꦪꦤ꧀ (Javanese) comes from Tagalog Kabayan, from Tagalog Ka-, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian ka-, from Proto-Austronesian ka- — inchoative.

ꦏꦧꦪꦤ꧀ (Javanese): a village official in charge of security

Definitions

  1. a village official in charge of security

Ancestry of “ꦏꦧꦪꦤ꧀”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1TagalogKabayancountryman or someone from the same town
2TagalogKa-implies companionship or partnership
3Proto-Malayo-Polynesianka-marker of past time in temporal expressions
4Proto-Austronesianka-inchoative
Every word from Proto-Austronesian ka- →Every word from Tagalog Ka- →Every word from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian ka- →