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Where does “bassar” come from?
bassar (Mandar) comes from Malay besar, from Proto-Malayic *bəsar.
bassar
(Mandar): big
Definitions
big
Ancestry of “bassar”, step by step
Step
Language
Word
Meaning
1
Malay
besar
big, large; big
2
Proto-Malayic
*bəsar
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