tua

Indonesian

/tu.a/

adjective
Definitions
  • old of a living being: having lived for relatively many years
  • ripe ready for reaping or gathering, of fruits and seeds

Etymology

Inherited from Malay tua (old) inherited from tua inherited from Proto-Malayic *tuha inherited from Proto-Malayo-Chamic *tuha inherited from Proto-Malayo-Sumbawan *tuha inherited from Proto-Sunda-Sulawesi *tuha inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *(ma-)tuqah inherited from Proto-Austronesian *(ma-)tuqaS.

Origin

Proto-Austronesian

*(ma-)tuqaS

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