Where does “tuju” come from?

tuju (Indonesian) comes from Malay tuju, 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.

tuju (Indonesian): to point

Definitions

  1. to point

Ancestry of “tuju”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Malaytujuto point
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 “tuju”

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