Where does “buruak” come from?

buruak (Minangkabau) comes from Proto-Malayic buruk, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian buʀuk, from Proto-Austronesian buʀuk — rotten; bad.

buruak (Minangkabau): ugly

Definitions

  1. ugly

Ancestry of “buruak”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Malayicburukrotten; worn out; gone bad
2Proto-Malayo-Polynesianbuʀukrotten; bad
3Proto-Austronesianbuʀukrotten; bad
Every word from Proto-Austronesian buʀuk →Every word from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian buʀuk →Every word from Proto-Malayic buruk →
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