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Where does “batu” come from?

batu (Proto-Malayo-Polynesian) comes from Proto-Austronesian *batux.

batu (Proto-Malayo-Polynesian): stone

Definitions

  1. stone

Ancestry of “batu”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Austronesian*batux—

Words derived from “batu”

  • vatu
  • bato lata
  • Bato
  • bato
  • batoon
  • batobalani
  • mabato
  • bato
  • batu
  • batu karang
  • kucing batu
  • batu kawi
  • batu
  • vato
  • bato
  • bato
  • batu
  • batu
  • batu
  • vatu
  • patu
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