Where does “buntuli” come from?

buntuli (Makasar) comes from Makasar -i, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *-i, from Proto-Austronesian *-i.

buntuli (Makasar): to go out and meet a person of higher rank to welcome them

Definitions

  1. to go out and meet a person of higher rank to welcome them

Ancestry of “buntuli”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Makasar-isuffix forming transitive verbs
2Proto-Malayo-Polynesian*-i—
3Proto-Austronesian*-i—

Words derived from “buntuli”

Every word from Proto-Austronesian *-i →Every word from Makasar -i →Every word from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *-i →