Where does “setubuh” come from?

setubuh (Indonesian) comes from Indonesian setuju, from Malay setuju, from Malay tuju, from Malay se-, from Old Malay sa-, from Proto-Malayic sA-, from Proto-Malayic əsa, from Proto-Malayo-Chamic əsa.

setubuh (Indonesian): intercourse

Definitions

  1. intercourse

Ancestry of “setubuh”, step by step

setubuh traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Indonesian setuju

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Indonesiansetujuto consent; having a common goal
2Malaysetujuto agree; to consent; having a common goal
3Malaytujuto point
4Malayse-one; used to form the comparative of adjectives;...
5Old Malaysa-—
6Proto-MalayicsA-one
7Proto-Malayicəsa—
8Proto-Malayo-Chamicəsa—
9Proto-Malayo-Sumbawanəsa—
10Proto-Malayo-Polynesianəsaone
11Proto-Austronesian*əsa—
12Proto-Oceanic*isa—

via Indonesian tubuh

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Indonesiantubuhbody
2Malaytubuhbody physical structure of a human or animal
3Proto-Malayic*tubuq—
4Proto-AustronesianCubuqplant sprout
5Proto-Turkic*čï̄p—

Words derived from “setubuh”

Every word from Proto-Oceanic *isa →Every word from Proto-Austronesian *əsa →Every word from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian əsa →