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Where does “puluh ribu” come from?

puluh ribu (Malay) comes from Indonesian puluh, from Malay puluh, from Proto-Malayic puluh, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian puluq, from Proto-Austronesian puluq — ten.

puluh ribu (Malay): ten thousand

Definitions

  1. ten thousand

Ancestry of “puluh ribu”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Indonesianpuluhten
2Malaypuluhten
3Proto-Malayicpuluhten
4Proto-Malayo-Polynesianpuluqten
5Proto-Austronesianpuluqten

Words derived from “puluh ribu”

  • sepuluh ribu
  • satu puluh ribu
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