Where does “sembilan puluh lapan” come from?
sembilan puluh lapan (Malay) comes from Malay sembilan puluh, from Malay puluh, from Proto-Malayic puluh, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian puluq, from Proto-Austronesian puluq — ten.
sembilan puluh lapan (Malay): ninety-eight
Ancestry of “sembilan puluh lapan”, step by step