Where does “beberapa” come from?
beberapa (Malay) comes from Indonesian berapa, from Malay berapa, from Malay apa, from Proto-Malayic apa, from Proto-Austronesian *apa.
beberapa (Malay): any, some, several, certain, few, various,...
Definitions
- any, some, several, certain, few, various,...
Ancestry of “beberapa”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Indonesian | berapa | how many, how much |
| 2 | Malay | berapa | how many, how much |
| 3 | Malay | apa | what; "introduces a question" |
| 4 | Proto-Malayic | apa | what |
| 5 | Proto-Austronesian | *apa | — |
Words derived from “beberapa”