Where does “ase” come from?

ase (Makasar) comes from Buginese ase, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian pajay, from Proto-Austronesian pajay — paddy rice unmilled, rice plants.

ase (Makasar): paddy unmilled rice, harvested, but still unhusked, rice plant

Definitions

  1. paddy unmilled rice, harvested, but still unhusked, rice plant

Ancestry of “ase”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Bugineseasepaddy unmilled rice, rice plant
2Proto-Malayo-Polynesianpajaypaddy unmilled rice, rice plant
3Proto-Austronesianpajaypaddy rice unmilled, rice plants

Words derived from “ase”

Every word from Proto-Austronesian pajay →Every word from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian pajay →Every word from Buginese ase →