Where does “anngalle kana” come from?

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

anngalle kana (Makasar): to say; to state

Definitions

  1. to say; to state

Ancestry of “anngalle kana”, step by step

anngalle kana traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Makasar anngalle

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Makasaranngalle
2MakasaraN-derivational prefix forming intransitive verbs from nouns and other roots
3Proto-Malayo-Polynesian*maN-inflectional prefix marking actor voice

via Makasar kana

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Makasarkanato say
Every word from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *maN-