Where does “bersetubuh” come from?

bersetubuh (Indonesian) comes from Indonesian setubuh, from Indonesian setuju, from Malay setuju, from Malay tuju, from Malay se-, from Old Malay sa-, from Proto-Malayic sA-, from Proto-Malayic əsa.

bersetubuh (Indonesian): to have sex

Definitions

  1. to have sex

Ancestry of “bersetubuh”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Indonesiansetubuhintercourse
2Indonesiansetujuto consent; having a common goal
3Malaysetujuto agree; to consent; having a common goal
4Malaytujuto point
5Malayse-one; used to form the comparative of adjectives;...
6Old Malaysa-
7Proto-MalayicsA-one
8Proto-Malayicəsa
9Proto-Malayo-Chamicəsa
10Proto-Malayo-Sumbawanəsa
11Proto-Malayo-Polynesianəsaone
12Proto-Austronesian*əsa
13Proto-Oceanic*isa
Every word from Proto-Oceanic *isa
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