English
tembak
Tembak comes from Malay tembak ‘to shoot’, and goes back to Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *ti(m)bak.
- Proto-Malayo-Polynesianprehistoric (reconstructed)*ti(m)bakreconstructed
- Proto-Malayicprehistoric (reconstructed)*timbakreconstructed
- Malaymoderntembak‘to shoot’
- Englishtodaysame form
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
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- Proto-Malayo-Polynesianprehistoric (reconstructed)*ti(m)bakreconstructed
- Proto-Malayicprehistoric (reconstructed)*timbakreconstructed
- Malaymoderntembak‘to shoot’
- Englishtodaysame form
Every English word from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *ti(m)bak
Today it means
verb to guess the answer to a multiple-choice question
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *ti(m)bak / tembak