Where does “raya” come from?

raya (Malay) comes from Proto-Malayic raya, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian ʀaya, from Proto-Austronesian ʀaya — big, large.

raya (Malay): great, big; big; grand

Definitions

  1. great, big; big; grand

Ancestry of “raya”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Malayicrayabig, large
2Proto-Malayo-Polynesianʀayabig, large
3Proto-Austronesianʀayabig, large

Words derived from “raya

Every word from Proto-Austronesian ʀaya