Where does “-aʼ” come from?

-aʼ (Makasar) comes from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian aku, from Proto-Austronesian aku.

-aʼ (Makasar): I, me (first person singular)

Definitions

  1. I, me (first person singular)

Ancestry of “-aʼ”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Malayo-Polynesianaku—
2Proto-Austronesianaku—
Every word from Proto-Austronesian aku →Every word from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian aku →