Where does “berbuka” come from?

berbuka (Malay) comes from Malay buka, from Proto-Malayic buka, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian buka — to open.

berbuka (Malay): to break one's fast

Definitions

  1. to break one's fast

Ancestry of “berbuka”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Malaybukato open; open; to be open
2Proto-Malayicbuka
3Proto-Malayo-Polynesianbukato open
Every word from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian buka