Where does “ribu” come from?

ribu (Malay) comes from Proto-Malayic *ribu, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *ʀibu — thousand.

ribu (Malay): thousand; million

Definitions

  1. thousand; million

Ancestry of “ribu”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Malayic*ribu
2Proto-Malayo-Polynesian*ʀibuthousand

Words derived from “ribu

Every word from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *ʀibu