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Where does “bukan” come from?
bukan (Indonesian) comes from Malay bukan, from Classical Malay bukan.
bukan
(Indonesian): no; not
Definitions
no; not
Ancestry of “bukan”, step by step
Step
Language
Word
Meaning
1
Malay
bukan
no; not; isn't it?
2
Classical Malay
bukan
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Words derived from “bukan”
bahan bukan buku
Every word from Classical Malay bukan →
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