Where does “ngumbah” come from?

ngumbah (Javanese) comes from Old Javanese kumbah, from Old Javanese umbah — to wash (clothes).

ngumbah (Javanese): to wash (clothes)

Definitions

  1. to wash (clothes)

Ancestry of “ngumbah”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Javanesekumbahto wash (clothes)
2Old Javaneseumbahto wash (clothes)
Every word from Old Javanese umbah →Every word from Old Javanese kumbah →
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