Where does “aʼjappa serong” come from?

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

aʼjappa serong (Makasar): to walk crookedly or askew

Definitions

  1. to walk crookedly or askew

Ancestry of “aʼjappa serong”, step by step

aʼjappa serong 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 serong

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