Where does “lapan puluh lapan” come from?
lapan puluh lapan (Malay) comes from Malay lapan puluh, from Malay puluh, from Proto-Malayic puluh, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian puluq, from Proto-Austronesian puluq — ten.
lapan puluh lapan (Malay): eighty-eight
Ancestry of “lapan puluh lapan”, step by step