Where does “inap” come from?

inap (Indonesian) comes from Malay inap, from Proto-Malayic hinəp, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian qinəp — to lie down.

inap (Indonesian): to stay overnight, to spend the night

Definitions

  1. to stay overnight, to spend the night

Ancestry of “inap”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Malayinapto stay and sleep
2Proto-Malayichinəp
3Proto-Malayo-Polynesianqinəpto lie down
Every word from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian qinəp
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