Where does “mantul” come from?

mantul (Indonesian) comes from Indonesian betul, from Malay betul, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian * batuql.

mantul (Indonesian): extraordinary: remarkably good

Definitions

  1. extraordinary: remarkably good

Ancestry of “mantul”, step by step

mantul traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Indonesian betul

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Indonesianbetulcorrect; true
2Malaybetulcorrect; true
3Proto-Malayo-Polynesian* batuql—

via Indonesian mantap

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Indonesianmantapstrong, determined
Every word from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian * batuql →Every word from Malay betul →Every word from Indonesian betul →
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