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Where does “(ma-)irah” come from?

(ma-)irah (Proto-Malayic) comes from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian (ma-)iʀaq — red.

Ancestry of “(ma-)irah”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Malayo-Polynesian(ma-)iʀaqred

Words derived from “(ma-)irah”

  • inframerah
  • merah
  • mirah
  • inframerah
  • merah
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