Where does “dua puluh sembilan” come from?
dua puluh sembilan (Malay) comes from Malay dua puluh, from Proto-Malayic dua(ʔ) puluh, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian duha puluq, from Proto-Austronesian duSa puluq.
dua puluh sembilan (Malay): twenty-nine
Definitions
- twenty-nine
Ancestry of “dua puluh sembilan”, step by step
dua puluh sembilan traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Malay dua puluh
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Malay | dua puluh | twenty |
| 2 | Proto-Malayic | dua(ʔ) puluh | — |
| 3 | Proto-Malayo-Polynesian | duha puluq | — |
| 4 | Proto-Austronesian | duSa puluq | — |
via Malay sĕmbilan
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Malay | sĕmbilan | Obsolete spelling of sembilan |
| 2 | Proto-Malayic | əsa(ʔ) ambil-an | nine |