Where does “sembilan puluh sembilan” come from?
sembilan puluh sembilan (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 sembilan (Malay): ninety-nine
Ancestry of “sembilan puluh sembilan”, step by step