Where does “tujuah” come from?
tujuah (Minangkabau) comes from Proto-Malayic tujuh, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian tuzuq, from Proto-Austronesian tuzuq — to point at.
tujuah (Minangkabau): seven
Ancestry of “tujuah”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Proto-Malayic | tujuh | seven |
| 2 | Proto-Malayo-Polynesian | tuzuq | to indicate, point |
| 3 | Proto-Austronesian | tuzuq | to point at |
Words derived from “tujuah”