Etymology

waruga

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Today it means: A type of sarcophagus traditionally used in North Sulawesi. Full definition →

Indonesian waruga ← Tontemboan waruga ← Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *baruga
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The story

  1. Proto-Malayo-Polynesian · derived from*baruga“k.o. building”
  2. Tontemboan · derived fromwaruga
  3. Indonesian · borrowed fromwaruga
  4. English todaywaruga

From Indonesian waruga, from Tontemboan waruga, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *baruga (“k.o. building”)

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