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Where does “kata” come from?

kata (Tagalog) comes from Sanskrit कथा, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *kátʰaH.

kata (Tagalog): start of bubbling of rice being boiled; fiction;...

Definitions

  1. start of bubbling of rice being boiled; fiction;...

Ancestry of “kata”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Sanskritकथाstory
2Proto-Indo-Iranian*kátʰaH—
Every word from Proto-Indo-Iranian *kátʰaH →