Where does “se- -nya” come from?

se- -nya (Indonesian) comes from Indonesian se-, from Malay se-, from Old Malay sa-, from Proto-Malayic sA-, from Proto-Malayic əsa, from Proto-Malayo-Chamic əsa, from Proto-Malayo-Sumbawan əsa, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian əsa.

se- -nya (Indonesian): adverbial

Definitions

  1. adverbial

Ancestry of “se- -nya”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Indonesianse-one; same
2Malayse-one; used to form the comparative of adjectives;...
3Old Malaysa-
4Proto-MalayicsA-one
5Proto-Malayicəsa
6Proto-Malayo-Chamicəsa
7Proto-Malayo-Sumbawanəsa
8Proto-Malayo-Polynesianəsaone
9Proto-Austronesian*əsa
10Proto-Oceanic*isa

Words derived from “se- -nya

Every word from Proto-Oceanic *isa
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