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Where does “biri-biri” come from?

biri-biri (Balinese) comes from Malay biri-biri, from Classical Malay biri-biri — sheep.

biri-biri (Balinese): sheep

Definitions

  1. sheep

Ancestry of “biri-biri”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Malaybiri-birisheep
2Classical Malaybiri-birisheep
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