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Where does “dua ribu dua ratus” come from?

dua ribu dua ratus (Malay) comes from Malay dua ratus, from Malay dua, from Proto-Malayic dua(ʔ), from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian duha, from Proto-Austronesian *duha, from Proto-Austronesian duSa — two.

dua ribu dua ratus (Malay): two thousand two hundred, twenty-two hundred

Definitions

  1. two thousand two hundred, twenty-two hundred

Ancestry of “dua ribu dua ratus”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Malaydua ratustwo hundred
2Malayduatwo
3Proto-Malayicdua(ʔ)two
4Proto-Malayo-Polynesianduhatwo
5Proto-Austronesian*duha—
6Proto-AustronesianduSatwo
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