Where does “alepuʼ” come from?

alepuʼ (Makasar) comes from Arabic أَلِف — alif, the first letter of the Arabic alphabet.

alepuʼ (Makasar): alif; the first letter of the Arabic alphabet

Definitions

  1. alif; the first letter of the Arabic alphabet

Ancestry of “alepuʼ”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Arabicأَلِفalif, the first letter of the Arabic alphabet
Every word from Arabic أَلِف
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