Where does “-i” come from?

-i (Makasar) comes from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *-i, from Proto-Austronesian *-i.

-i (Makasar): suffix forming transitive verbs

Definitions

  1. suffix forming transitive verbs

Ancestry of “-i”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Malayo-Polynesian*-i—
2Proto-Austronesian*-i—

Words derived from “-i”

Every word from Proto-Austronesian *-i →Every word from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *-i →