bintang
/bintaŋ/ · noun
Meaning
- star (luminous celestial body)
Etymology / origin
From Proto-Malayic *bintaŋ (compare Malay bintang), from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *bituqən (compare Tagalog bituin), from Proto-Austronesian *bituqən.
- *bituqən(map-pro)→
- bituin(Tagalog)→
- *bituqən(poz-pro)→
- bintang(Malay)→
- *bintaŋ(poz-mly-pro)→
- bintang (Brunei Malay)
- Relations: inh, cog, inh, cog, inh
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