Where does “bunga karang” come from?
bunga karang (Indonesian) comes from Indonesian karang, from Malay karang, from Classical Malay karang, from Javanese ꦏꦫꦁ, from Old Javanese karaṅ, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *karaŋ — small edible freshwater crab.
bunga karang (Indonesian): sponge
Definitions
- sponge
Ancestry of “bunga karang”, step by step
bunga karang traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Indonesian karang
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Indonesian | karang | coral, a hard substance made of the limestone skeletons of marine polyps |
| 2 | Malay | karang | coral; coral reef |
| 3 | Classical Malay | karang | coral, a hard substance made of the limestone... |
| 4 | Javanese | ꦏꦫꦁ | coral, a hard substance made of the limestone skeletons of marine polyps |
| 5 | Old Javanese | karaṅ | coral |
| 6 | Proto-Malayo-Polynesian | *karaŋ | small edible freshwater crab |