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Where does “budak” come from?
budak (Indonesian) comes from Malay budak, from Proto-Mon-Khmer *ɗik.
budak
(Indonesian): slave
Definitions
slave
Ancestry of “budak”, step by step
Step
Language
Word
Meaning
1
Malay
budak
young person; child
2
Proto-Mon-Khmer
*ɗik
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Words derived from “budak”
memperbudak
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