Where does “anngaji jamaʼ” come from?

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

anngaji jamaʼ (Makasar): to recite the Quran together in a large group where each person reads a different section or juz

Definitions

  1. to recite the Quran together in a large group where each person reads a different section or juz

Ancestry of “anngaji jamaʼ”, step by step

anngaji jamaʼ traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Makasar anngaji

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Makasaranngajito recite the Quran; to learn to read Arabic or religious texts
2MakasaraN-derivational prefix forming intransitive verbs from nouns and other roots
3Proto-Malayo-Polynesian*maN-inflectional prefix marking actor voice

via Makasar jamaʼ

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Makasarjamaʼ—
Every word from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *maN- →Every word from Makasar aN- →Every word from Makasar anngaji →