Where does “kepulkan” come from?

kepulkan (Indonesian) comes from Indonesian -kan, from Malay -kan, from Proto-Malayic *-kən.

kepulkan (Indonesian): to puff smoke

Definitions

  1. to puff smoke

Ancestry of “kepulkan”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Indonesian-kanUsed to indicate transitive imperative verbs;...
2Malay-kanUsed to indicate transitive imperative verbs;...
3Proto-Malayic*-kən—
Every word from Proto-Malayic *-kən →Every word from Indonesian -kan →Every word from Malay -kan →
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