Where does “tanya jawab” come from?

tanya jawab (Indonesian) comes from Indonesian tanya, from Malay tanya, from Proto-Malayic *taɲaʔ, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *utaña.

tanya jawab (Indonesian): Q and A

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Ancestry of “tanya jawab”, step by step

tanya jawab traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Indonesian tanya

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Indonesiantanyaquestion
2Malaytanyato ask
3Proto-Malayic*taɲaʔ—
4Proto-Malayo-Polynesian*utaña—

via Indonesian jawab

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Indonesianjawabanswer
2Malayjawabto answer; answer
3Arabicجَوَابanswer, reply
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