Where does “ammattung kaluku” come from?

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

ammattung kaluku (Makasar): to fall with a thud like a falling coconut

Definitions

to fall with a thud like a falling coconut

Ancestry of “ammattung kaluku”, step by step

ammattung kaluku traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Makasar ammattung

Step	Language	Word	Meaning
1	Makasar	ammattung	to make a thud, boom, or heavy sound e.g., from a heavy falling fruit, distant cannon, pounding rice, footsteps
2	Makasar	aN-	derivational prefix forming intransitive verbs from nouns and other roots
3	Proto-Malayo-Polynesian	*maN-	inflectional prefix marking actor voice

via Makasar kaluku

Step	Language	Word	Meaning
1	Makasar	kaluku	coconut

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