Where does “kaljaqudjaljan” come from?

kaljaqudjaljan (Paiwan) comes from Paiwan qudjalj, from Proto-Austronesian quzaN — rain.

kaljaqudjaljan (Paiwan): rainy season

Definitions

  1. rainy season

Ancestry of “kaljaqudjaljan”, step by step

kaljaqudjaljan traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Paiwan qudjalj

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Paiwanqudjaljrain
2Proto-AustronesianquzaNrain

via Paiwan kalja- -an

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Paiwankalja- -an—
Every word from Proto-Austronesian quzaN →Every word from Paiwan qudjalj →
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