Where does “aʼmikiʼ” come from?

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

aʼmikiʼ (Makasar): to throb; to have a piercing ache or pain e.g., from a boil, swollen gland, toothache, or headache

Definitions

  1. to throb; to have a piercing ache or pain e.g., from a boil, swollen gland, toothache, or headache

Ancestry of “aʼmikiʼ”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Makasaraʼ-derivational prefix forming intransitive verbs from nouns and other roots
2Proto-Malayo-Polynesian*maʀ-—
Every word from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *maʀ- →Every word from Makasar aʼ- →