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Where does “nusa” come from?

nusa (Sundanese) comes from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian nusa.

nusa (Sundanese): island

Definitions

  1. island

Ancestry of “nusa”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Malayo-Polynesiannusa—
Every word from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian nusa →