Where does “tunakembang” come from?

tunakembang (Indonesian) comes from Indonesian kembang, from Malay kembang, from Proto-Malayic kəmbaŋ, from Proto-Austronesian *kəmbaŋ.

tunakembang (Indonesian): underdeveloped

Definitions

  1. underdeveloped

Ancestry of “tunakembang”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Indonesiankembangflower; to bloom
2Malaykembangflower; to expand, to blossom out; swollen
3Proto-Malayickəmbaŋ—
4Proto-Austronesian*kəmbaŋ—
Every word from Proto-Austronesian *kəmbaŋ →
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