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Where does “sembilan puluh tiga” come from?

sembilan puluh tiga (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 tiga (Malay): ninety-three

Definitions

  1. ninety-three

Ancestry of “sembilan puluh tiga”, step by step

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