Where does “bunga banci” come from?

bunga banci (Indonesian) comes from Indonesian bunga, from Malay bunga, from Proto-Malayic buŋaʔ, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian buŋa, from Proto-Austronesian buŋa — flower; blossom.

bunga banci (Indonesian): hermaphrodite

Definitions

  1. hermaphrodite

Ancestry of “bunga banci”, step by step

bunga banci traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Indonesian bunga

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Indonesianbungaflower; beauty; hero, somebody who possesses...
2Malaybungaflower; interest; beauty
3Proto-Malayicbuŋaʔ—
4Proto-Malayo-Polynesianbuŋaflower
5Proto-Austronesianbuŋaflower; blossom

via Indonesian banci

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Indonesianbanciwaria: a member of Indonesia's traditional transfeminine category
2MalaybanciA census
3Javaneseꦧꦚ꧀ꦕꦶa plant whose leaves are used in folk medicines or used as vegetable
4Kawiwañci—
5Sanskritवञ्चनcheating; fraud
Every word from Proto-Austronesian buŋa →Every word from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian buŋa →Every word from Proto-Malayic buŋaʔ →
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