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Where does “getah” come from?
getah (Indonesian) comes from Malay getah, from Austronesian *gətəq.
getah
(Indonesian): latex
Definitions
latex
Ancestry of “getah”, step by step
Step
Language
Word
Meaning
1
Malay
getah
latex; rubber; latex
2
Austronesian
*gətəq
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Words derived from “getah”
getah bening
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