Where does “ammaʼbalaʼ” come from?

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

ammaʼbalaʼ (Makasar): to beat or strike with a stick or whip

Definitions

  1. to beat or strike with a stick or whip

Ancestry of “ammaʼbalaʼ”, step by step

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