Where does “lapan puluh tujuh” come from?
lapan puluh tujuh (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 tujuh (Malay): eighty-seven
Ancestry of “lapan puluh tujuh”, step by step