Where does “laʼlarri” come from?

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

laʼlarri (Makasar): to remove the rice straw by picking it up with both hands letting the unhusked rice grains fall out

Definitions

  1. to remove the rice straw by picking it up with both hands letting the unhusked rice grains fall out

Ancestry of “laʼlarri”, step by step

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