Where does “aʼjappa bullung” come from?

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

aʼjappa bullung (Makasar): to walk very slowly literally: to walk like a jellyfish

Definitions

  1. to walk very slowly literally: to walk like a jellyfish

Ancestry of “aʼjappa bullung”, step by step

aʼjappa bullung traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Makasar aʼjappa

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

via Makasar bullung

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Makasarbullungjellyfish
Every word from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *maʀ- →Every word from Makasar aʼ- →Every word from Makasar aʼjappa →