Where does “assaʼra kitiʼ laki” come from?

assaʼra kitiʼ laki (Makasar) comes from Makasar kitiʼ laki, from Makasar laki, from Proto-South Sulawesi *laki, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *laki.

assaʼra kitiʼ laki (Makasar): to have one's voice break or deepen of a boy entering puberty; literally "to make a sound like a drake"

Definitions

  1. to have one's voice break or deepen of a boy entering puberty; literally "to make a sound like a drake"

Ancestry of “assaʼra kitiʼ laki”, step by step

assaʼra kitiʼ laki traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Makasar kitiʼ laki

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Makasarkitiʼ lakidrake; male duck
2Makasarlakimale of animals and plants
3Proto-South Sulawesi*laki—
4Proto-Malayo-Polynesian*laki—

via Makasar assaʼra

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Makasarassaʼra—
Every word from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *laki →Every word from Proto-South Sulawesi *laki →Every word from Makasar laki →