Reconstruction:Proto-Malayo-Polynesian/gakgak

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Proto-Malayo-Polynesian

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Etymology

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Unknown, probably onomatopoeic.

Noun

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*gakgak

  1. caw, as a crow
  2. raucous talking of people

Descendants

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  • Western Indonesian
    • Greater North Borneo
      • Proto-Malayic:
        • Malayic
          • Malay: gagak (crow)
            • Indonesian: gagak (crow)
          • Brunei Malay: gagak (crow)
    • Old Javanese: gāgā (crow), gāgak, gagak
  • Proto-Philippine:
    • Northern Luzon
      • Northeastern Luzon
        • Dupaningan Agta: gakgak (crow)
    • Greater Central Philippine
      • Central Philippine
        • Tagalog: gakgak (idle talk, babble, chatter; idle talker, babbler, chatterer)