Where does “lalaki” come from?

lalaki (Kankanaey) comes from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *laki.

lalaki (Kankanaey): man male human

Definitions

  1. man male human

Ancestry of “lalaki”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Malayo-Polynesian*laki
Every word from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *laki
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