Where does “ammuno pasu” come from?

ammuno pasu (Makasar) comes from Makasar ammuno, from Cebuano buno, from Amharic ቡና, from Amharic ቡን, from Arabic بُنّ — coffee plant or seed; brine.

ammuno pasu (Makasar): to remove knots in the wood when building a house

Definitions

  1. to remove knots in the wood when building a house

Ancestry of “ammuno pasu”, step by step

ammuno pasu traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Makasar ammuno

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Makasarammuno—
2Cebuanobunoto assassinate; to murder
3Amharicቡናcoffee
4Amharicቡንcoffee
5Arabicبُنّcoffee plant or seed; brine

via Proto-Iranian pasu-

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Iranianpasu-—
2Proto-Indo-Iranianpáćulivestock, animal
3Proto-Indo-Europeanpéḱulivestock
4Proto-Indo-Europeanpeḱ-to pluck; livestock; wealth
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