Reconstruction:Proto-Austronesian/
kita
This Proto-Austronesian entry contains
reconstructed terms and roots
. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly
attested
, but are hypothesized to have existed based on
comparative
evidence.
Proto-Austronesian
Pronunciation
IPA
(
key
)
:
/kita/
Verb
*kita
(
transitive
)
to
see
(
perceive with the eyes
)
(
transitive
)
to
look
(
to try to see
)
(
transitive
)
to
watch
(
to observe
)
Descendants
Proto-Malayo-Polynesian:
*kita
Proto-Philippine:
Hiligaynon:
kita
Ilocano:
kita
Tagalog:
kita
Proto-Polynesian:
Hawaiian:
ʻike
Maori:
kite
Niuean:
kitia
References
Blust, Robert; Trussel, Stephen; et al. (2023) “
*kita
”, in the CLDF dataset from
The Austronesian Comparative Dictionary
(2010–),
→DOI