Where does “baʼdiliʼ” come from?

baʼdiliʼ (Makasar) comes from Javanese bedil, from Tamil வெடில் — gunpowder.

baʼdiliʼ (Makasar): gun; rifle

Definitions

  1. gun; rifle

Ancestry of “baʼdiliʼ”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1JavanesebedilJava arquebus
2Tamilவெடில்gunpowder

Words derived from “baʼdiliʼ”

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