ꦏꦏꦁ
Javanese
Etymology
From Old Javanese kakaṅ (“elder brother or sister”), kaka (“elder brother or sister; female attendant”), from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *kaka, from Proto-Austronesian *kaka.
Noun
ꦏꦏꦁ (kakang)
- older brother
- husband
- big brother
Alternative forms
- kakang
- ꦏꦏ (kaka)
- ꦏꦏꦏ꧀ (kakak)
Descendants
- → Indonesian: kakang
- → Indonesian: kakak (semantic loan)
- → Min Nan: 咬工, 咬江 (kā-kang).[1]
References
- Salmon Claudine. Malay (and Javanese) Loan-words in Chinese as a Mirror of Cultural Exchanges. In: Archipel, volume 78, 2009. pp. 181-208