Where does “aʼ-” come from?

aʼ- (Makasar) comes from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *maʀ-.

aʼ- (Makasar): derivational prefix forming intransitive verbs from nouns and other roots

Definitions

  1. derivational prefix forming intransitive verbs from nouns and other roots

Ancestry of “aʼ-”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Malayo-Polynesian*maʀ-

Words derived from “aʼ-

Every word from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *maʀ-