From Proto-Malayic *tanah, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *tanəq (“earth, land, soil”). Cognate with Malay tanah, Javanese ꦠꦤꦃ (tanah).
ตานะฮ (tanah)
- ground; dirt
- Hogan, David W. (1988) Urak Lawoi': Basic Structures And Dictionary (Pacific Linguistics. Series C-109)[1], Canberra: Pacific Linguistics, Research School of Pacific and Asian Studies, The Australian National University, →ISBN, page 153