Where does “bambang kale” come from?

bambang kale (Makasar) comes from Proto-Uralic kale- — to die.

bambang kale (Makasar): warm by nature

Definitions

  1. warm by nature

Ancestry of “bambang kale”, step by step

bambang kale traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Proto-Uralic kale-

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Uralickale-to die

via Makasar bambang

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Makasarbambanghot; warm
Every word from Proto-Uralic kale-
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