Where does “buburuʼ song” come from?

buburuʼ song (Makasar) comes from Makasar buburuʼ, from Malay bubur, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *buʀbuʀ.

buburuʼ song (Makasar): a sweet dessert made of steamed rice flour dough, cut into pieces and served in sugar water

Definitions

  1. a sweet dessert made of steamed rice flour dough, cut into pieces and served in sugar water

Ancestry of “buburuʼ song”, step by step

buburuʼ song traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Makasar buburuʼ

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Makasarbuburuʼrice porridge cooked with water, without coconut milk
2Malaybuburcongee; gruel; porridge
3Proto-Malayo-Polynesian*buʀbuʀ—

via Makasar song

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Makasarsong—
Every word from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *buʀbuʀ →Every word from Malay bubur →Every word from Makasar buburuʼ →