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Reconstruction:Proto-Malayo-Polynesian/gakgak

Proto-Malayo-Polynesian

Etymology

Unknown, probably onomatopoeic.

Noun

*gakgak

caw, as a crow
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
  - → Balinese: ᬕᬵᬕᬵ (gaga, “crow”)
  - Javanese: ꦒꦒꦏ꧀ (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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