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