Where does “ceʼla bottoʼ” come from?

ceʼla bottoʼ (Makasar) comes from Makasar ceʼla — salt.

ceʼla bottoʼ (Makasar): stinking salt an exclamation shouted in a specific traditional game of water tag

Definitions

  1. stinking salt an exclamation shouted in a specific traditional game of water tag

Ancestry of “ceʼla bottoʼ”, step by step

ceʼla bottoʼ traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Makasar ceʼla

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Makasarceʼlasalt

via Makasar bottoʼ

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Makasarbottoʼstinking, smelly

Words derived from “ceʼla bottoʼ

Every word from Makasar ceʼla