Where does “tua” come from?
tua (Classical Malay) comes from Malay tua, from Malay tuha, from Proto-Malayic tuha, from Proto-Malayo-Chamic tuha, from Proto-Malayo-Sumbawan tuha, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian (ma-)tuqah, from Proto-Austronesian (ma-)tuqaS — old.
tua (Classical Malay): old; ripe
Definitions
- old; ripe
Ancestry of “tua”, step by step
tua traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Malay tua
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Malay | tua | old; ripe |
| 2 | Malay | tuha | Obsolete form of tua |
| 3 | Proto-Malayic | tuha | — |
| 4 | Proto-Malayo-Chamic | tuha | — |
| 5 | Proto-Malayo-Sumbawan | tuha | — |
| 6 | Proto-Malayo-Polynesian | (ma-)tuqah | old |
| 7 | Proto-Austronesian | (ma-)tuqaS | old |