Where does “kaaway” come from?

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

kaaway (Tagalog): enemy; foe

Definitions

  1. enemy; foe

Ancestry of “kaaway”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1TagalogKa-implies companionship or partnership
2Proto-Malayo-Polynesianka-marker of past time in temporal expressions
3Proto-Austronesianka-inchoative

Words derived from “kaaway”

Every word from Proto-Austronesian ka- →