Where does “terkatakan” come from?

terkatakan (Malay) comes from Malay ter-, from Classical Malay ter-, from Proto-Malayic tAr-, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian taʀ-, from Proto-Austronesian taʀ-.

terkatakan (Malay): To be able to be described; describable

Definitions

  1. To be able to be described; describable

Ancestry of “terkatakan”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Malayter-agentless actions, such as those which are...
2Classical Malayter-for passive intransitive verb, agentless actions,...
3Proto-MalayictAr-—
4Proto-Malayo-Polynesiantaʀ-—
5Proto-Austronesiantaʀ-—
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