Where does “alu palloʼdàng” come from?
alu palloʼdàng (Makasar) comes from Makasar alu, from Proto-South Sulawesi *alu, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *qahəlu, from Proto-Austronesian qaSəlu — pestle.
alu palloʼdàng (Makasar): a bamboo pounder used for pounding rice
Definitions
- a bamboo pounder used for pounding rice
Ancestry of “alu palloʼdàng”, step by step
alu palloʼdàng traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Makasar alu
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Makasar | alu | pestle; pounder a tool for pounding rice, etc., usually made of wood |
| 2 | Proto-South Sulawesi | *alu | — |
| 3 | Proto-Malayo-Polynesian | *qahəlu | — |
| 4 | Proto-Austronesian | qaSəlu | pestle |
via Makasar palloʼdàng
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Makasar | palloʼdàng | the elongated hollow of a rice block used for pounding rice |
| 2 | Makasar | alloʼda | to pound rice with bamboo sticks to separate the unhusked grains from the ears |
| 3 | Makasar | aN- | derivational prefix forming intransitive verbs from nouns and other roots |
| 4 | Proto-Malayo-Polynesian | *maN- | inflectional prefix marking actor voice |