Where does “percuma” come from?
percuma (Malay) comes from Indonesian per-, from Malay per-, from Proto-Austronesian *paR-.
percuma (Malay): free; priceless; pointless; wasted; useless
Definitions
- free; priceless; pointless; wasted; useless
Ancestry of “percuma”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Indonesian | per- | Used to form nouns from verbs conjugated with... |
| 2 | Malay | per- | abstraction, place, goal, result; Used to form... |
| 3 | Proto-Austronesian | *paR- | — |