| Word form | berapa |
| LWT meaning(s) | |
| Word meaning | how much? how many? |
| Comments on word | Adelaar (1992:128) derives berapa from *bara/ ‘a marker of uncertainty or indefiniteness of object or number’ + *apa what. In modern Indonesian appears to derive from apa ‘what’ and the prefix ber- which can mean ‘to consist of N’, as in kita bertiga ‘the three of us’. |
| Analyzability | semi-analyzable |
| Age | Early Malay [27] (500–1700) |
| Register | General |