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Where does “lima puluh” come from?

lima puluh (Indonesian) comes from Malay lima puluh, from Proto-Malayic lima(ʔ) puluh, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian lima puluq, from Proto-Austronesian lima puluq.

Ancestry of “lima puluh”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Malaylima puluhfifty
2Proto-Malayiclima(ʔ) puluh—
3Proto-Malayo-Polynesianlima puluq—
4Proto-Austronesianlima puluq—

Words derived from “lima puluh”

  • lima puluh sembilan
  • lima puluh sembilan
Every word from Proto-Austronesian lima puluq →