Where does “anngattaʼ” come from?

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

anngattaʼ (Makasar): to make a notch or incision e.g., on a coconut tree for climbing

Definitions

  1. to make a notch or incision e.g., on a coconut tree for climbing

Ancestry of “anngattaʼ”, step by step

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