Where does “kodi paʼmaiʼ” come from?
kodi paʼmaiʼ (Makasar) comes from Makasar kodì, from Malay kodi, from Tamil கோடி, from Tamil கோடு, from English court, from Middle English court, from Old French cort, from Latin cōrs — whale, sea monster; abyss.
kodi paʼmaiʼ (Makasar): bad-hearted; possessing an evil disposition
Definitions
- bad-hearted; possessing an evil disposition
Ancestry of “kodi paʼmaiʼ”, step by step
kodi paʼmaiʼ traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Makasar kodì
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Makasar | kodì | to treat someone badly; to do something poorly; to be angry at |
| 2 | Malay | kodi | — |
| 3 | Tamil | கோடி | end, tip, point |
| 4 | Tamil | கோடு | to bend; be crooked |
| 5 | English | court | An enclosed space; a courtyard; an uncovered area... |
| 6 | Middle English | court | A courtyard; an enclosed space |
| 7 | Old French | cort | court |
| 8 | Latin | cōrs | — |
| 9 | Latin | cohors | a court; a farmyard or enclosure; a retinue or... |
| 10 | Latin | co- | allomorph of con- |
| 11 | Latin | cōn- | Used in compounds to indicate a being or bringing together of several objects |
| 12 | Latin | cum | with, along with; at; -fold |
| 13 | Old Latin | com | Alternative form of cum |
| 14 | Proto-Italic | kom | with, along, at |
| 15 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱóm | beside, near, by, with |
| 16 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱe | Deictic particle, here; Post-positional... |
| 17 | Middle English | kyt | — |
| 18 | Russian | кит | whale; genitive plural of ки́та |
| 19 | Old Church Slavonic | китъ | whale |
| 20 | Ancient Greek | κῆτος | whale, sea monster; abyss |