Where does “kataba” come from?

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

kataba (Tagalog): banded archerfish

Definitions

  1. banded archerfish

Ancestry of “kataba”, 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 “kataba”

Every word from Proto-Austronesian ka- →Every word from Tagalog Ka- →Every word from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian ka- →