Where does “aʼbadang” come from?

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

aʼbadang (Makasar): to nestle in a body of a disease or disease demon

Definitions

  1. to nestle in a body of a disease or disease demon

Ancestry of “aʼbadang”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Makasaraʼ-derivational prefix forming intransitive verbs from nouns and other roots
2Proto-Malayo-Polynesian*maʀ-—

Words derived from “aʼbadang”

Every word from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *maʀ- →Every word from Makasar aʼ- →