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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”)
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

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