Reconstruction:Proto-Malayo-Polynesian/kaən
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.