Where does “sakali” come from?

sakali (Tagalog) comes from Malay sekali, from Malay se-, from Old Malay sa-, from Proto-Malayic sA-, from Proto-Malayic əsa, from Proto-Malayo-Chamic əsa, from Proto-Malayo-Sumbawan əsa, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian əsa.

sakali (Tagalog): in case; if ever; if by chance; perchance

Definitions

  1. in case; if ever; if by chance; perchance

Ancestry of “sakali”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Malaysekalionce; very
2Malayse-one; used to form the comparative of adjectives;...
3Old Malaysa-—
4Proto-MalayicsA-one
5Proto-Malayicəsa—
6Proto-Malayo-Chamicəsa—
7Proto-Malayo-Sumbawanəsa—
8Proto-Malayo-Polynesianəsaone
9Proto-Austronesian*əsa—
10Proto-Oceanic*isa—

Words derived from “sakali”

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