Where does “mereka” come from?
mereka (Indonesian) comes from Malay mereka, from Malay me-, from Indonesian meng-, 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.
mereka (Indonesian): they; them; their; creating
Definitions
- they; them; their; creating
Ancestry of “mereka”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Malay | mereka | they; creating; they; them |
| 2 | Malay | me- | Alternative form of meng-; Form of prefix meng-... |
| 3 | Indonesian | meng- | agent focus, frequently but erroneously called... |
| 4 | Malay | meng- | agent focus, frequently but erroneously called... |
| 5 | Proto-Malayic | *mAN- | — |
| 6 | Proto-Malayo-Chamic | *maN- | — |
| 7 | Proto-Malayo-Sumbawan | *maN- | — |
| 8 | Proto-Malayo-Polynesian | *maN- | inflectional prefix marking actor voice |