Where does “menurut ngana” come from?
menurut ngana (Indonesian) comes from Indonesian menurut, from Malay menurut, from Malay meng-, from Proto-Malayic *mAN-, from Proto-Malayo-Chamic *maN-, from Proto-Malayo-Sumbawan *maN-, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *maN- — inflectional prefix marking actor voice.
menurut ngana (Indonesian): a sarcastic, rhetorical response to an obvious statement: you think?; you don't say?
Definitions
- a sarcastic, rhetorical response to an obvious statement: you think?; you don't say?
Ancestry of “menurut ngana”, step by step
menurut ngana traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Indonesian menurut
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Indonesian | menurut | to comply with, to obey |
| 2 | Malay | menurut | to go along |
| 3 | Malay | meng- | agent focus, frequently but erroneously called... |
| 4 | Proto-Malayic | *mAN- | — |
| 5 | Proto-Malayo-Chamic | *maN- | — |
| 6 | Proto-Malayo-Sumbawan | *maN- | — |
| 7 | Proto-Malayo-Polynesian | *maN- | inflectional prefix marking actor voice |