Where does “tuntut” come from?

tuntut (Tausug) comes from Malay tuntut, from Classical Malay tuntut.

tuntut (Tausug): lawsuit

Definitions

  1. lawsuit

Ancestry of “tuntut”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Malaytuntutto sue; to demand
2Classical Malaytuntut—
Every word from Classical Malay tuntut →Every word from Malay tuntut →
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