English
kamayan
Kamayan comes from Tagalog kamay ‘hand’, and goes back to Proto-Austronesian *kamay.
- Proto-Austronesianprehistoric (reconstructed)*kamayreconstructed
- Proto-Malayo-Polynesianprehistoric (reconstructed)same form‘hand’reconstructed
- Tagalogmodernkamay‘hand’
- Tagalog, derivedmodernkamayanliterally ‘with the hands’
- Englishtodaysame form
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Proto-Austronesianprehistoric (reconstructed)*kamayreconstructed
- Proto-Malayo-Polynesianprehistoric (reconstructed)same form‘hand’reconstructed
- Tagalogmodernkamay‘hand’
- Tagalog, derivedmodernkamayanliterally ‘with the hands’
- Englishtodaysame form
Every English word from Proto-Austronesian *kamay
Today it means
noun The traditional Filipino method of eating with the bare hands, often as a communal feast where food is served on banana leaves and eaten without utensils.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Proto-Austronesian *kamay / kamayan