Where does “tigo puluah” come from?
tigo puluah (Minangkabau) comes from Minangkabau puluah, from Proto-Malayic puluh, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian puluq, from Proto-Austronesian puluq — ten.
tigo puluah (Minangkabau): thirty
Ancestry of “tigo puluah”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Minangkabau | puluah | ten |
| 2 | Proto-Malayic | puluh | ten |
| 3 | Proto-Malayo-Polynesian | puluq | ten |
| 4 | Proto-Austronesian | puluq | ten |