Reconstruction:Proto-Malayo-Polynesian/kaən
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Proto-Malayo-Polynesian[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Proto-Austronesian *kaən.
Pronunciation[edit]
Verb[edit]
*kaən
- to eat (consume)
Descendants[edit]
Many descendants have simplified the vowel cluster in *kaən to *kan, those with -aə- only preserved in the Philippines and Sulawesi. Some languages prefixed *maN- or *ma- to this root.