Where does “ammandong” come from?

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

ammandong (Makasar): to draw water using a lever; to fish using a lift net

Definitions

  1. to draw water using a lever; to fish using a lift net

Ancestry of “ammandong”, 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- →
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