Where does “borong balle” come from?
borong balle (Makasar) comes from Hungarian borong, from Hungarian borít, from Hungarian -t, from Proto-Uralic -tt.
borong balle (Makasar): a clump of cassumunar stems
Definitions
- a clump of cassumunar stems
Ancestry of “borong balle”, step by step
borong balle traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Hungarian borong
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Hungarian | borong | to brood, be melancholy, gloomy, sorrowful; to... |
| 2 | Hungarian | borít | to cover; to overturn |
| 3 | Hungarian | -t | Used to form the accusative case; -ed, -t. Used... |
| 4 | Proto-Uralic | -tt | — |
via Makasar balle
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Makasar | balle | Cassumunar ginger (Zingiber montanum, syn. Zingiber cassumunar) of the family Zingiberaceae |