Where does “bunga raya” come from?
bunga raya (Malay) comes from Malay raya, from Proto-Malayic raya, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian ʀaya, from Proto-Austronesian ʀaya — big, large.
bunga raya (Malay): hibiscus
Ancestry of “bunga raya”, step by step
bunga raya traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Malay raya
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Malay | raya | great, big; big; grand |
| 2 | Proto-Malayic | raya | big, large |
| 3 | Proto-Malayo-Polynesian | ʀaya | big, large |
| 4 | Proto-Austronesian | ʀaya | big, large |
via Malay bunga
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Malay | bunga | flower; interest; beauty |
| 2 | Proto-Malayic | buŋaʔ | — |
| 3 | Proto-Malayo-Polynesian | buŋa | flower |
| 4 | Proto-Austronesian | buŋa | flower; blossom |
Words derived from “bunga raya”