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Where does “sepuluh lapan” come from?

sepuluh lapan (Malay) comes from Malay sepuluh, from Proto-Malayic sA-puluh, from Proto-Oceanic *sa-puluq, from Austronesian *sa-puluq.

sepuluh lapan (Malay): eighteen

Definitions

  1. eighteen

Ancestry of “sepuluh lapan”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Malaysepuluhten
2Proto-MalayicsA-puluh—
3Proto-Oceanic*sa-puluq—
4Austronesian*sa-puluq—
Every word from Austronesian *sa-puluq →