Where does “bunga-bunga bicara” come from?

bunga-bunga bicara (Makasar) comes from Makasar bunga-bunga, from Makasar bunga, from Proto-South Sulawesi *buŋa, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian buŋa, from Proto-Austronesian buŋa — flower; blossom.

bunga-bunga bicara (Makasar): flowery language; embellished language with many digressions

Definitions

  1. flowery language; embellished language with many digressions

Ancestry of “bunga-bunga bicara”, step by step

bunga-bunga bicara traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Makasar bunga-bunga

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Makasarbunga-bungalittle flower
2Makasarbungaflower, blossom
3Proto-South Sulawesi*buŋa—
4Proto-Malayo-Polynesianbuŋaflower
5Proto-Austronesianbuŋaflower; blossom

via Makasar bicara

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Makasarbicara—
Every word from Proto-Austronesian buŋa →Every word from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian buŋa →Every word from Proto-South Sulawesi *buŋa →