ACD - Austronesian Comparative Dictionary Online

*lakaj to stride, take a step

PMP lakaj to stride, take a step ⇫ ¶

WMP
Ibanag	lákag	to walk
Gaddang	mel-lákad	to walk
Ibaloy	man-akad	(of persons and animals) to walk
Casiguran Dumagat	lákad	to walk, to travel, to go (as the walking of a person, the moving of a boat or truck)
Ilokano	lákad-lákad	walker, support for walking
	ag-pa-lákad	to go by land, walk
Kapampangan	pa-lakar-an	to send on an errand
	lákad	to walk; gait, pace, course
Tagalog	lákad	walk; gait; running condition of motors, machines, etc.; headway; a motion forward; march; start; a beginning to go; progress or current situation of some project, event, etc.; trend; manner of acting; mission; errand; goods for sale being carted around or peddled
	ka-lakád	a companion in taking a walk
	lakád	barefooted; walking, not riding; on foot
	ma-pa-lákad	to be able to get someone to walk or take a trip, to leave or to depart
	pag-lákad	manner of walking
	maka-lákad	to be able to walk
	mag-pa-lákad	to run, to make go (as a business)
	ma-lákad	to be within walking distance; to be able to get something by negotiating or by using influence
Aklanon	eákad	to step over (with big steps)
Cebuano	lákad	to step over something; go beyond, exceed; marry or wed ahead of big brothers
Binukid	lakad	step, pace, stride; take a step, step over or across (something)
	paka-lakad	able to take steps (as a small child just beginning to walk)
Maranao	lakad	step, stride
Manobo (Western Bukidnon)	laŋkad	a stride; the measure of a person’s step; to walk a step
Mansaka	lákad	to wade through
Bikol	lákad	step, stride; gait, pace
CMP
Sula	laka	to walk
Waima'a	laka	to walk
SHWNG
Numfor	rā	go
	rā ma	come
Woi	ra	to walk
Ansus	ra	to walk
Waropen	ra	go on foot, go into the bush, walk

POC lakas to stride, take a step ⇫ ¶

OC
Gedaged	la	to go (away, about on foot, a horse, bicycle, vehicle, boat, etc.); to walk, depart, march (get, pack, move, start) off, take leave, get underway, set out; to continue, keep on (with any kind of action), to keep up or maintain any course or series of actions; to carry on
Gitua	la	go
Tuvaluan	la-laka	press down with foot (as when firming soil)
	laka	step
Anuta	raka	to step over something
Rennellese	gaka	to step; to move, as to another district
Mota	laka	to kick up the heels, as in dancing; to dance
Samoan	laʔa-sia	step over, go beyond
	laʔa	step, march
Wayan	laka-ti	go to or over a place
	laka	go, move along, proceed
Niue	fe-laka	to step over a person or thing (formerly considered an insult or desecration
	laka-aŋa	a step, pace
	laka-fia	stepped over, exceeded
	laka	to step; to cross over
Tongan	laka hala	to step incorrectly, to be out of step
	laka	to go or walk (esp. for a short distance only); to step; to march; to move on or forward, to proceed, progress, develop, or advance
Maori	whaka-raka	walk, step out

PPh i-lákaj (gloss uncertain) ⇫ ¶

WMP
Agta (Central Cagayan)	i-lákad	run away with, kidnap
Agta (Dupaningan)	i-lákad	run away with, kidnap
Tagalog	i-lakád	to use something in walking

PPh maR-lákaj to step, to walk ⇫ ¶

WMP
Agta (Central Cagayan)	mag-lákad	to walk
Agta (Dupaningan)	mag-lákad	to walk
Tagalog	mag-lákad	to engage in trade or some form of business
	mag-lakád	to walk; to tramp; to go on foot
	mag-lakád-lakád	to pace; to walk with regular steps; to keep on walking
Tausug	mag-lakad	to step to (a place with big steps)
Bikol	mag-lákad	to step over; to pace off a particular area or distance

PPh l<um>ákaj to step, to walk ⇫ ¶

WMP
Agta (Central Cagayan)	l<um>ákad	to leave, to exit
Agta (Dupaningan)	l<um>ákad	to leave, to exit
Tagalog	l<um>ákad-lákad	to pace; to walk with regular steps; to keep on walking
	l<um>ákad	to walk, to go on foot
Tausug	l<um>akad	to step to (a place with big steps)

PPh lakáj-an to step on, walk on something (?) ⇫ ¶

WMP
Agta (Central Cagayan)	lakad-ín-an	leave someone, walk out on (from *, with low vowel fronting)
Agta (Dupaningan)	lakad-ín-an	leave someone, walk out on (from *, with low vowel fronting)
Tagalog	lakar-án	place to walk on
	lakár-an	to walk on something
Tausug	lakar-an	to step over something
Bikol	lakád-an	to pace off a particular area or distance

PPh lakaj-en to walk a certain distance (?) ⇫ ¶

WMP
Ibaloy	ekar-en	to walk somewhere, something (as a distance)
Tagalog	lakar-ín	walk, meaning the distance to walk; to tread; to be underway or in motion
	lakár-in	to walk a certain distance or to a certain place
Tausug	lakar-un	to step from one place to another
Bikol	lakád-on	to step over

POC lakar-lakar (gloss uncertain) ⇫ ¶

OC
Tuvaluan	laka-laka	take several steps
Anuta	raka-raka	to walk taking large brisk steps; to walk quickly
Rennellese	gaka-gaka	to step or move on, as with long steps; to step off, as to measure
Mota	laka-laka	to rejoice, dance; a dance, a merry-making
Samoan	laʔa-laʔa	go step by step
Futunan	laka-laka	women’s dance performed while sitting

Reconstructions

PMP	lakaj	to stride, take a step
POC	lakas	to stride, take a step
PPh	i-lákaj	(gloss uncertain)
PPh	maR-lákaj	to step, to walk
PPh	l<um>ákaj	to step, to walk
PPh	lakáj-an	to step on, walk on something…
PPh	lakaj-en	to walk a certain distance (?)
POC	lakar-lakar	(gloss uncertain)

Note

Also Amis rakat ‘movement; walk’, Hiligaynon lakát ‘trip, walk, business trip’, mag-lakat ‘to walk, to go, to leave’, Masbatenyo mag-lakát ‘to walk, go away, leave; run away from home’, Waray-Waray lakát ‘to leave, depart’, Cebuano lakát ‘walk; for something to be going on; go away, depart; spread; follow up; trend, course or direction something is taking; errand; trip, journey; procedure for doing something’, pa-lakát ‘make something walk, go away, spread news’, Balinese laŋkar ‘step, stride, overstep, pass over’, Proto-Micronesian *laa ‘go, proceed; (as directional) away’. The similarity of the CEMP forms cited here to those in the Philippines may be due to chance, as no clear cognates have been found anywhere between these extremes, and a number of formally and semantically similar but non-corresponding forms must be recognized in any case.