Where does “anngapa” come from?

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

anngapa (Makasar): why; what's wrong; what is the matter asking for reason or action

Definitions

  1. why; what's wrong; what is the matter asking for reason or action

Ancestry of “anngapa”, step by step

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

Words derived from “anngapa”

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