Where does “ipakausap” come from?

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

ipakausap (Tagalog): to have someone talk to; to ask someone to talk to (someone)

Definitions

  1. to have someone talk to; to ask someone to talk to (someone)

Ancestry of “ipakausap”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Tagalogkausapperson whom the speaker is talking to; interlocutor
2TagalogKa-implies companionship or partnership
3Proto-Malayo-Polynesianka-marker of past time in temporal expressions
4Proto-Austronesianka-inchoative
Every word from Proto-Austronesian ka- →Every word from Tagalog Ka- →Every word from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian ka- →