Where does “attiru jukuʼ” come from?

attiru jukuʼ (Makasar) comes from Makasar attiru, from Makasar aʼ-, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *maʀ-.

attiru jukuʼ (Makasar): to angle for some fish e.g., by going to the beach to offer unsolicited help to fishermen

Definitions

  1. to angle for some fish e.g., by going to the beach to offer unsolicited help to fishermen

Ancestry of “attiru jukuʼ”, step by step

attiru jukuʼ traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Makasar attiru

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

via Makasar jukuʼ

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Makasarjukuʼfish
Every word from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *maʀ- →Every word from Makasar aʼ- →Every word from Makasar attiru →