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Reconstruction:Proto-Malayo-Polynesian/lekas
Proto-Malayo-Polynesian
Etymology
From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *-kas (“swift, agile, strong, energetic”).
Adjective
*lekas
- quick
Adverb
*lekas
- quickly
Descendants
- Proto-Philippine:
- South Mindanao
- Tboli: lekakas (“quickly”)
- South Mindanao
- Proto-Sunda-Sulawesi:
- Proto-Malayo-Sumbawan:
- Madurese: rekas (“quick”)
- Proto-Malayo-Chamic: *lekas
- Proto-Malayic: *lekas
- Iban: lekas
- Malay: lekas
- Indonesian: lekas
- Proto-Malayic: *lekas
- Proto-Malayo-Sumbawan:
- Sama–Bajaw
- Yakan: lakkes (“fast, quickly”)
External links
- Blust's Austronesian Comparative Dictionary – *lekas