Where does “orang kaya baru” come from?
orang kaya baru (Indonesian) comes from Indonesian baru, from Malay baru, from Malay baharu, from Proto-Malayic baharu, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian baqəʀu, from Proto-Austronesian *baqəʀuh — new.
orang kaya baru (Indonesian): nouveau riche, new money: wealthy persons whose fortunes are newly acquired, and who are therefore perceived to lack the refinement of those who were raised wealthy
Definitions
- nouveau riche, new money: wealthy persons whose fortunes are newly acquired, and who are therefore perceived to lack the refinement of those who were raised wealthy
Ancestry of “orang kaya baru”, step by step
orang kaya baru traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.
via Indonesian baru
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Indonesian | baru | new; Near perfect aspect i.e. the action or... |
| 2 | Malay | baru | just; new; recently came into existence; sea... |
| 3 | Malay | baharu | new; obsolete spelling of baru |
| 4 | Proto-Malayic | baharu | new |
| 5 | Proto-Malayo-Polynesian | baqəʀu | new recently made or created |
| 6 | Proto-Austronesian | *baqəʀuh | new |