Where does “ka-” come from?

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

ka- (Proto-Malayo-Polynesian): marker of past time in temporal expressions

Definitions

  1. marker of past time in temporal expressions

Ancestry of “ka-”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Austronesianka-inchoative

Words derived from “ka-

Every word from Proto-Austronesian ka-