ribu
Pronunciation: /ribu/
“ribu” is a Malay word. Its meaning in English:
numeral
Etymology
From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *ʀibu. First attested in the Kedukan Bukit inscription, 683 CE, as Old Malay [script needed] (rivu), in the form sarivu (current spelling seribu). The cognate Old Cham form saribu is attested in the Đông Yên Châu inscription of the 4th century.
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