Where does “binatang nogut” come from?

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

binatang nogut (Tok Pisin): A harmful pest

Definitions

  1. A harmful pest

Ancestry of “binatang nogut”, step by step

binatang nogut traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Tok Pisin binatang

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Tok Pisinbinatanginsect, pest, creepy-crawly
2Malaybinatanganimal
3Classical Malaybinatanganimal

via Tok Pisin nogut

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Tok Pisinnogutbad; badly
2Englishno goodworthless or of no merit; useless
Every word from Classical Malay binatang →Every word from Malay binatang →Every word from Tok Pisin binatang →