Where does “curum” come from?

curum (Macanese) comes from Malay kurung, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *kuruŋ.

curum (Macanese): cage

Definitions

  1. cage

Ancestry of “curum”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Malaykurungcage
2Proto-Malayo-Polynesian*kuruŋ—
Every word from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *kuruŋ →Every word from Malay kurung →
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