Where does “acceʼla-ceʼla bottoʼ” come from?

acceʼla-ceʼla bottoʼ (Makasar) comes from Makasar aʼ-, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *maʀ-.

acceʼla-ceʼla bottoʼ (Makasar): to play a traditional game of water tag involving plunging fingers into bubbly water to determine who is "it", the person who is "it" is called pabaluʼ ceʼla bottoʼ and must tag the others' heads

Definitions

  1. to play a traditional game of water tag involving plunging fingers into bubbly water to determine who is "it", the person who is "it" is called pabaluʼ ceʼla bottoʼ and must tag the others' heads

Ancestry of “acceʼla-ceʼla bottoʼ”, 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- →