Reconstruction:Proto-Malayo-Polynesian/lekas

Proto-Malayo-Polynesian

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *-kas (“swift, agile, strong, energetic”).

Adjective

*lekas

1. quick

Adverb

*lekas

1. quickly

Descendants

• Proto-Philippine:
  • South Mindanao
    • Tboli: lekakas (“quickly”)
• Proto-Malayo-Sumbawan:
  • Madurese: rekas (“quick”)
  • Proto-Malayo-Chamic: *lekas
    • Proto-Malayic: *lekas
      • Iban: lekas
      • Malay: lekas
        • Indonesian: lekas
• Sama–Bajaw
  • Yakan: lakkes (“fast, quickly”)

External links

• Blust's Austronesian Comparative Dictionary – *lekas