Where does “aʼgauʼ kongkong” come from?

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

aʼgauʼ kongkong (Makasar): to act indecently; to behave lewdly literally "to act like a dog"

Definitions

  1. to act indecently; to behave lewdly literally "to act like a dog"

Ancestry of “aʼgauʼ kongkong”, step by step

aʼgauʼ kongkong traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Makasar aʼgauʼ

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Makasaraʼgauʼto act
2Makasaraʼ-derivational prefix forming intransitive verbs from nouns and other roots
3Proto-Malayo-Polynesian*maʀ-—

via Makasar kongkong

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Makasarkongkongdog
Every word from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *maʀ- →Every word from Makasar aʼ- →Every word from Makasar aʼgauʼ →