Where does “alloʼda” come from?

alloʼda (Makasar) comes from Makasar aN-, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *maN- — inflectional prefix marking actor voice.

alloʼda (Makasar): to pound rice with bamboo sticks to separate the unhusked grains from the ears

Definitions

  1. to pound rice with bamboo sticks to separate the unhusked grains from the ears

Ancestry of “alloʼda”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1MakasaraN-derivational prefix forming intransitive verbs from nouns and other roots
2Proto-Malayo-Polynesian*maN-inflectional prefix marking actor voice

Words derived from “alloʼda

Every word from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *maN-Every word from Makasar aN-