Where does “bakkaʼ dodong” come from?

bakkaʼ dodong (Makasar) comes from Makasar bakkaʼ — big; large.

bakkaʼ dodong (Makasar): looking strong or large but actually being weak originally said of a fighting rooster

Definitions

  1. looking strong or large but actually being weak originally said of a fighting rooster

Ancestry of “bakkaʼ dodong”, step by step

bakkaʼ dodong traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Makasar bakkaʼ

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Makasarbakkaʼbig; large

via Makasar dodong

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Makasardodong
Every word from Makasar bakkaʼ