Where does “mabuk bunga raya” come from?
mabuk bunga raya (Malay) comes from Malay bunga raya, from Malay raya, from Proto-Malayic raya, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian ʀaya, from Proto-Austronesian ʀaya — big, large.
mabuk bunga raya (Malay): Drunk with a flushed or red-tinted face; drunk with an alcohol flush reaction or the Asian flush
Definitions
- Drunk with a flushed or red-tinted face; drunk with an alcohol flush reaction or the Asian flush
Ancestry of “mabuk bunga raya”, step by step
mabuk bunga raya traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Malay bunga raya
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Malay | bunga raya | hibiscus |
| 2 | Malay | raya | great, big; big; grand |
| 3 | Proto-Malayic | raya | big, large |
| 4 | Proto-Malayo-Polynesian | ʀaya | big, large |
| 5 | Proto-Austronesian | ʀaya | big, large |