Where does “ketulangan” come from?
ketulangan (Indonesian) comes from Indonesian tulang, from Malay tulang, from Proto-Malayic tulaŋ, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian tuqəlaŋ, from Proto-Austronesian CuqəlaN — bone.
ketulangan (Indonesian): to choke on fishbone, or any small bone
Definitions
- to choke on fishbone, or any small bone
Ancestry of “ketulangan”, step by step
ketulangan traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Indonesian tulang
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Indonesian | tulang | bone |
| 2 | Malay | tulang | bone |
| 3 | Proto-Malayic | tulaŋ | bone |
| 4 | Proto-Malayo-Polynesian | tuqəlaŋ | Alternative form of *tuqəlan |
| 5 | Proto-Austronesian | CuqəlaN | bone |
via Indonesian ke- -an
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Indonesian | ke- -an | ness; appended to adjectives to form nouns meaning "the state of (the adjective)", "the quality of (the adjective)", or "the measure of (the adjective)" |
| 2 | Malay | ke- -an | ness; appended to adjectives to form nouns meaning "the state of (the adjective)", "the quality of (the adjective)", or "the measure of (the adjective)" |
| 3 | Proto-Malayic | *kə- -an | — |
| 4 | Proto-Austronesian | *ka- -an | — |