Where does “aʼjappa tedong” come from?

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

aʼjappa tedong (Makasar): to walk with a slow pace literally: to walk like a buffalo

Definitions

  1. to walk with a slow pace literally: to walk like a buffalo

Ancestry of “aʼjappa tedong”, step by step

aʼjappa tedong 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 tedong

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Makasartedongwater buffalo large ungulate
Every word from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *maʀ- →Every word from Makasar aʼ- →Every word from Makasar aʼjappa →