Where does “aʼbunduʼ” come from?

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

aʼbunduʼ (Makasar): to wage war; to fight a war

Definitions

  1. to wage war; to fight a war

Ancestry of “aʼbunduʼ”, 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- →
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