Where does “anngaji kittaʼ” come from?

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

anngaji kittaʼ (Makasar): to read religious books

Definitions

  1. to read religious books

Ancestry of “anngaji kittaʼ”, step by step

anngaji kittaʼ 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 kittaʼ

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