Where does “ammalli kabusuʼ” come from?

ammalli kabusuʼ (Makasar) comes from Makasar ammalli, from Makasar balli, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian bəli, from Proto-Austronesian bəli — to buy.

ammalli kabusuʼ (Makasar): to buy everything; to buy wholesale

Definitions

  1. to buy everything; to buy wholesale

Ancestry of “ammalli kabusuʼ”, step by step

ammalli kabusuʼ traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Makasar ammalli

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Makasarammalli—
2Makasarballiprice
3Proto-Malayo-Polynesianbəlito buy
4Proto-Austronesianbəlito buy

via Makasar kabusuʼ

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Makasarkabusuʼthe entirety; the total
2Proto-Malayo-Polynesian*kabus—
Every word from Proto-Austronesian bəli →Every word from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian bəli →Every word from Makasar balli →