Where does “Ka-” come from?

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

Ka- (Tagalog): implies companionship or partnership

Definitions

  1. implies companionship or partnership

Ancestry of “Ka-”, step by step

Ka- traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Proto-Malayo-Polynesian ka-

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

via Proto-Philippine *ka-

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Philippine*ka-—

Words derived from “Ka-”

Every word from Proto-Austronesian ka- →