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Where does “bapa” come from?
bapa (Old Javanese) comes from Dravidian *appa.
Ancestry of “bapa”, step by step
Step
Language
Word
Meaning
1
Dravidian
*appa
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Words derived from “bapa”
baba
bapa
bapanda
papa
baba
bapak
bapai
ibu bapa
bapa
papa
bapa
bapak
babah
bapak
babaʼ
pak
bokap
bonyok
paksu
Every word from Dravidian *appa →