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Maka: Arabic → Malay → Tagalog · Lexodus

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Maka

Possibly from Malay Mekah, from Arabic مَكَّة (makka, “Mecca”). Compare Maranao Maka and Tausug Makka. Possible doublet of Meka.

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This journey was extracted automatically from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0) and hasn't been checked by a person yet. Dates marked “c.” are estimated from each language's period, and every hop is graded at best “probable”.

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Wiktionary: Maka (CC BY-SA 4.0), via Wiktextract / kaikki.org

c. 750 CEArabic

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c. 750 CE
c. 1480
c. 1700

Hops are evenly spaced; labels show the year each form is first attested.