Where does “aʼbuʼbuʼ” come from?

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

aʼbuʼbuʼ (Makasar): to forage; to search for food by scratching the ground especially of chickens

Definitions

  1. to forage; to search for food by scratching the ground especially of chickens

Ancestry of “aʼbuʼbuʼ”, step by step

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

Words derived from “aʼbuʼbuʼ”

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