Where does “ketidakmampuan” come from?

ketidakmampuan (Indonesian) comes from Indonesian ketidak- -an, from Indonesian tidak, from Malay tidak, from Proto-Malayic daʔ, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian diaq — not.

ketidakmampuan (Indonesian): inability

Definitions

  1. inability

Ancestry of “ketidakmampuan”, step by step

ketidakmampuan traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Indonesian ketidak- -an

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Indonesianketidak- -anused to form an abstract noun with its meaning reversed or negated
2Indonesiantidaknot
3Malaytidaknot
4Proto-Malayicdaʔ
5Proto-Malayo-Polynesiandiaqnot

via Indonesian mampu

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Indonesianmampupowerful
2MalaymampuRich, wealthy
3MalayempuAn honorific title applied to artists and...
4Proto-Malayo-Polynesianəmpu
Every word from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian diaq
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