Where does “aʼrappo-rappo” come from?

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

aʼrappo-rappo (Makasar): to have buttons; to be decorated with buttons

Definitions

  1. to have buttons; to be decorated with buttons

Ancestry of “aʼrappo-rappo”, 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- →