Where does “likas-kaya” come from?

likas-kaya (Tagalog) comes from Tagalog kaya, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian kaya, from Proto-Austronesian kaya — able, capable, strong, wealthy.

likas-kaya (Tagalog): sustainable

Definitions

  1. sustainable

Ancestry of “likas-kaya”, step by step

likas-kaya traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Tagalog kaya

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Tagalogkayaable; capable; ability; capability; competence;...
2Proto-Malayo-Polynesiankaya—
3Proto-Austronesiankayaable, capable, strong, wealthy

via Tagalog likas

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Tagaloglikasnatural; exodus, evacuation
2Kapampanganlikastranslate

Words derived from “likas-kaya”

Every word from Proto-Austronesian kaya →Every word from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian kaya →Every word from Tagalog kaya →
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