Where does “bakar uang” come from?

bakar uang (Indonesian) comes from Indonesian uang, from Malay wang, from Min Nan 王 — king.

bakar uang (Indonesian): promotional strategies in the form of offers of cash returns, free shipping, and so on, which are usually done by startup companies to get loyal customers, see burn rate

Definitions

  1. promotional strategies in the form of offers of cash returns, free shipping, and so on, which are usually done by startup companies to get loyal customers, see burn rate

Ancestry of “bakar uang”, step by step

bakar uang traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Indonesian uang

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Indonesianuangmoney
2Malaywangmoney; cash; Informal spelling of uang
3Min Nanking

via Indonesian bakar

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Indonesianbakarto burn
2Malaybakarto burn
3Proto-Malayicbakar
Every word from Min Nan
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