ꦏꦏꦁ

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Javanese

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Etymology

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From Old Javanese kakaṅ (“elder brother or sister”), kaka (“elder brother or sister; female attendant”), from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *kaka, from Proto-Austronesian *kaka.

Noun

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ꦏꦏꦁ (kakang)

  1. (ngoko) older brother
    Synonyms: ꦏꦏ꧀ (kak), (literary) ꦏꦏ (kaka), (ngoko) ꦏꦏꦁ (kakang), (literary) ꦏꦏꦁꦩꦱ꧀ (kakangmas), ꦏꦩꦱ꧀ (kamas), ꦏꦁꦩꦱ꧀ (kangmas), ꦩꦱ꧀ (mas), (krama inggil) ꦫꦏ (raka)
  2. husband
  3. big brother

Descendants

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  • → Indonesian: kakang
  • → Indonesian: kakak (semantic loan)
  • → Min Nan: 咬工, 咬江 (kā-kang).[1]

References

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  1. ^ Salmon Claudine. Malay (and Javanese) Loan-words in Chinese as a Mirror of Cultural Exchanges. In: Archipel, volume 78, 2009. pp. 181-208
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