Where does “salapan baleh” come from?
salapan baleh (Minangkabau) comes from Malay lapan belas, from Malay lapan, from Malay dĕlapan, from Proto-Malayic dua(ʔ) alap-an — eight.
salapan baleh (Minangkabau): eighteen
Ancestry of “salapan baleh”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Malay | lapan belas | eighteen; Nonstandard form of delapan belas |
| 2 | Malay | lapan | eight; Nonstandard spelling of delapan |
| 3 | Malay | dĕlapan | Obsolete spelling of delapan |
| 4 | Proto-Malayic | dua(ʔ) alap-an | eight |