Where does “ceʼlài” come from?

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

ceʼlài (Makasar): to salt; to add salt to something

Definitions

  1. to salt; to add salt to something

Ancestry of “ceʼlài”, step by step

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

Words derived from “ceʼlài”

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