Where does “lada capaʼ” come from?

lada capaʼ (Makasar) comes from Makasar lada, from Malay lada, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian lajaq.

lada capaʼ (Makasar): bird's eye chili, a spicy chili pepper, a cultivar from the species (Capsicum annuum)

Definitions

  1. bird's eye chili, a spicy chili pepper, a cultivar from the species (Capsicum annuum)

Ancestry of “lada capaʼ”, step by step

lada capaʼ traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Makasar lada

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Makasarladachili pepper, any fruit of a plant of the botanical genus Capsicum, which has a spicy/burning flavour because it contains capsaicin
2Malayladapepper, chilli; Synonym of merica
3Proto-Malayo-Polynesianlajaq—

via Makasar capaʼ

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Makasarcapaʼ—
Every word from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian lajaq →Every word from Malay lada →Every word from Makasar lada →