Where does “appaʼ” come from?

appaʼ (Makasar) comes from Proto-South Sulawesi *ɨppat, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian əpat, from Proto-Austronesian Səpat — four.

appaʼ (Makasar): four

Definitions

  1. four

Ancestry of “appaʼ”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-South Sulawesi*ɨppat—
2Proto-Malayo-Polynesianəpatfour
3Proto-AustronesianSəpatfour

Words derived from “appaʼ”

Every word from Proto-Austronesian Səpat →Every word from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian əpat →Every word from Proto-South Sulawesi *ɨppat →
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