Where does “anrong tukaʼ” come from?

anrong tukaʼ (Makasar) comes from Makasar anrong, from Makasar jangang — chicken.

anrong tukaʼ (Makasar): the main supports or stringers of a staircase or ladder

Definitions

  1. the main supports or stringers of a staircase or ladder

Ancestry of “anrong tukaʼ”, step by step

anrong tukaʼ traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Makasar anrong

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Makasaranrongmother (also of animals)
2Makasarjangangchicken

via Makasar tukaʼ

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Makasartukaʼstair, ladder
2Proto-Malayo-Polynesian*tukadrunged ladder
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