Where does “paʼbuaganngang” come from?

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

paʼbuaganngang (Makasar): to ward off a calamity from; to keep a disaster far away from by invoking the word buagang and its associated formula

Definitions

  1. to ward off a calamity from; to keep a disaster far away from by invoking the word buagang and its associated formula

Ancestry of “paʼbuaganngang”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Hungarian-angAdded to a verb to form a verb denoting...
2Proto-Malayo-Polynesian-anVerbal suffix marking locative focus; Nominal...
3Proto-Austronesian-anVerbal suffix marking locative focus; Nominal...
Every word from Proto-Austronesian -an →Every word from Hungarian -ang →Every word from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian -an →