Where does “-ki'” come from?

-ki' (Makasar) comes from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian kita, from Proto-Austronesian kita — to see; to look; to watch.

-ki' (Makasar): we (first person plural inclusive)

Definitions

  1. we (first person plural inclusive)

Ancestry of “-ki'”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Malayo-Polynesiankitato see; to look; to watch
2Proto-Austronesiankitato see; to look; to watch
Every word from Proto-Austronesian kita →Every word from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian kita →