Reconstruction:Proto-Malayo-Polynesian/gakgak

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Proto-Malayo-Polynesian

Etymology

Unknown, probably onomatopoeic.

Noun

*gakgak

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

Descendants

  • 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”)
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