Where does “jamàng batu” come from?

jamàng batu (Makasar) comes from Makasar jamàng, from Hungarian -ang, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian -an, from Proto-Austronesian -an — Verbal suffix marking locative focus; Nominal...

jamàng batu (Makasar): brickwork; masonry

Definitions

  1. brickwork; masonry

Ancestry of “jamàng batu”, step by step

jamàng batu traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Makasar jamàng

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Makasarjamàngwork; task; job
2Hungarian-angAdded to a verb to form a verb denoting...
3Proto-Malayo-Polynesian-anVerbal suffix marking locative focus; Nominal...
4Proto-Austronesian-anVerbal suffix marking locative focus; Nominal...

via Makasar batu

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Makasarbatu
Every word from Proto-Austronesian -an
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