Where does “aʼjappa tuʼguruʼ” come from?

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

aʼjappa tuʼguruʼ (Makasar): to walk clumsily; to walk and fall said of a toddler learning to walk

Definitions

  1. to walk clumsily; to walk and fall said of a toddler learning to walk

Ancestry of “aʼjappa tuʼguruʼ”, step by step

aʼjappa tuʼguruʼ 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 tuʼguruʼ

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