Where does “buang-buang” come from?

buang-buang (Indonesian) comes from Indonesian buang, from Malay buang, from Classical Malay buang — to throw away.

buang-buang (Indonesian): to throw away repeatedly

Definitions

  1. to throw away repeatedly

Ancestry of “buang-buang”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Indonesianbuangto throw away
2Malaybuangto discard, reject, or throw away
3Classical Malaybuangto throw away

Words derived from “buang-buang”

Every word from Classical Malay buang →Every word from Malay buang →Every word from Indonesian buang →
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