Where does “appalaʼ ballaʼ” come from?

appalaʼ ballaʼ (Makasar) comes from Makasar appalaʼ, from Makasar aʼ-, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *maʀ-.

appalaʼ ballaʼ (Makasar): to request housing; to ask for accommodation

Definitions

  1. to request housing; to ask for accommodation

Ancestry of “appalaʼ ballaʼ”, step by step

appalaʼ ballaʼ traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Makasar appalaʼ

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Makasarappalaʼ—
2Makasaraʼ-derivational prefix forming intransitive verbs from nouns and other roots
3Proto-Malayo-Polynesian*maʀ-—

via Makasar ballaʼ

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Makasarballaʼhouse
Every word from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *maʀ- →Every word from Makasar aʼ- →Every word from Makasar appalaʼ →