Where does “mpu” come from?

mpu (West Coast Bajau) comes from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian puluq, from Proto-Austronesian puluq — ten.

mpu (West Coast Bajau): ten

Definitions

  1. ten

Ancestry of “mpu”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Malayo-Polynesianpuluqten
2Proto-Austronesianpuluqten

Words derived from “mpu”

Every word from Proto-Austronesian puluq →Every word from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian puluq →
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