Where does “binatang” come from?

binatang (Tok Pisin) comes from Malay binatang, from Classical Malay binatang — animal.

binatang (Tok Pisin): insect, pest, creepy-crawly

Definitions

  1. insect, pest, creepy-crawly

Ancestry of “binatang”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Malaybinatanganimal
2Classical Malaybinatanganimal

Words derived from “binatang”

Every word from Classical Malay binatang →