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Where does “empuan” come from?
empuan (Malay) comes from Malay empu, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian əmpu.
empuan
(Malay): lady
Definitions
lady
Ancestry of “empuan”, step by step
Step
Language
Word
Meaning
1
Malay
empu
An honorific title applied to artists and...
2
Proto-Malayo-Polynesian
əmpu
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Words derived from “empuan”
tuan-tuan dan puan-puan
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