Where does “aʼballe-balle” come from?

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

aʼballe-balle (Makasar): to lie; to tell untruths

Definitions

  1. to lie; to tell untruths

Ancestry of “aʼballe-balle”, step by step

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