Where does “aʼriwa” come from?

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

aʼriwa (Makasar): to sit on someone's lap

Definitions

  1. to sit on someone's lap

Ancestry of “aʼriwa”, 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- →