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)

  1. older brother
  2. husband
  3. big brother

Alternative forms

Descendants
  • → Indonesian: kakang
  • → Indonesian: kakak (semantic loan)
  • → Min Nan: 咬工, 咬江 (kā-kang).[1]

References
  1. Salmon Claudine. Malay (and Javanese) Loan-words in Chinese as a Mirror of Cultural Exchanges. In: Archipel, volume 78, 2009. pp. 181-208
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