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.
lima puluh (Indonesian): fifty
Definitions
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Ancestry of “lima puluh”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Malay | lima puluh | fifty |
| 2 | Proto-Malayic | lima(ʔ) puluh | — |
| 3 | Proto-Malayo-Polynesian | lima puluq | — |
| 4 | Proto-Austronesian | lima puluq | — |