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Where does “ꦏꦥꦤ꧀” come from?

ꦏꦥꦤ꧀ (Javanese) comes from Old Javanese kapan, from Swahili -apa.

Ancestry of “ꦏꦥꦤ꧀”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Javanesekapan—
2Swahili-apa—
Every word from Swahili -apa →