Where does “tuan-tuan dan puan-puan” come from?
tuan-tuan dan puan-puan (Malay) comes from Malay empuan, from Malay empu, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian əmpu.
Ancestry of “tuan-tuan dan puan-puan”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Malay | empuan | lady |
| 2 | Malay | empu | An honorific title applied to artists and... |
| 3 | Proto-Malayo-Polynesian | əmpu | — |