telu

Pronunciation: /təlu/

“telu” is a Malay word. Its meaning in English:

numeral

synonym of tiga (“three”)

Etymology

From Proto-Malayic *təlu, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *təlu, from Proto-Austronesian *təlu. First attested in the Kedukan Bukit inscription, 683 AD, as Old Malay [script needed] (tlu), before eventually displaced by Prakrit 𑀢𑀺𑀕 (tiga).

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