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Where does “gila” come from?

gila (Malay) comes from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian gila — wild, insane.

gila (Malay): mad; crazy, insane

Definitions

  1. mad; crazy, insane

Ancestry of “gila”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Malayo-Polynesiangilawild, insane
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