Where does “kakaliʼ-alikang” come from?

kakaliʼ-alikang (Makasar) comes from Makasar kaliʼ-aliʼ, from Makasar ka-.

kakaliʼ-alikang (Makasar): brutality

Definitions

  1. brutality

Ancestry of “kakaliʼ-alikang”, step by step

kakaliʼ-alikang traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Makasar kaliʼ-aliʼ

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Makasarkaliʼ-aliʼbrutal; coarse
2Makasarka-—

via Makasar ka- -ang

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Makasarka- -ang—
Every word from Makasar ka- →Every word from Makasar kaliʼ-aliʼ →