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Where does “kalah” come from?

kalah (Malay) comes from Proto-Austronesian alaq — fetch; get; take.

kalah (Malay): defeated; conquered, subdued, lose; not as as

Definitions

  1. defeated; conquered, subdued, lose; not as as

Ancestry of “kalah”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Austronesianalaqfetch; get; take
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