Where does “paʼjumàkki” come from?

paʼjumàkki (Makasar) comes from Makasar Jumàʼ, from Arabic جمعة, from Arabic جَمَعَ, from Arabic م, from Proto-Semitic šamaʿ-.

paʼjumàkki (Makasar): to use (a building or mosque) to hold the Friday prayer

Definitions

  1. to use (a building or mosque) to hold the Friday prayer

Ancestry of “paʼjumàkki”, step by step

paʼjumàkki traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Makasar Jumàʼ

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1MakasarJumàʼFriday
2Arabicجمعةweek; Friday
3Arabicجَمَعَto unite, to reconcile; to gather; to collect,...
4Arabicمa prefix used to create nouns of place; a prefix...
5Proto-Semiticšamaʿ-

via Makasar paʼ- -i

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Makasarpaʼ- -i
Every word from Proto-Semitic šamaʿ-Every word from Arabic مEvery word from Arabic جَمَعَ