Where does “ka-” come from?

ka- (Kapampangan) comes from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian ka-, from Proto-Austronesian ka- — inchoative.

ka- (Kapampangan): implies companionship or partnership when prefixed to a root

Definitions

  1. implies companionship or partnership when prefixed to a root

Ancestry of “ka-”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Malayo-Polynesianka-marker of past time in temporal expressions
2Proto-Austronesianka-inchoative

Words derived from “ka-”

Every word from Proto-Austronesian ka- →
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