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Where does “enam puluh sembilan” come from?

enam puluh sembilan (Malay) comes from Malay enam puluh, from Proto-Malayic ənəm puluh, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian ənəm puluq, from Proto-Austronesian ənəm puluq.

enam puluh sembilan (Malay): sixty-nine

Definitions

  1. sixty-nine

Ancestry of “enam puluh sembilan”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Malayenam puluhsixty
2Proto-Malayicənəm puluh—
3Proto-Malayo-Polynesianənəm puluq—
4Proto-Austronesianənəm puluq—
Every word from Proto-Austronesian ənəm puluq →