Where does “palloʼdàng” come from?

palloʼdàng (Makasar) comes from Makasar alloʼda, from Makasar aN-, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *maN- — inflectional prefix marking actor voice.

palloʼdàng (Makasar): the elongated hollow of a rice block used for pounding rice

Definitions

  1. the elongated hollow of a rice block used for pounding rice

Ancestry of “palloʼdàng”, step by step

palloʼdàng traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Makasar alloʼda

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Makasaralloʼdato pound rice with bamboo sticks to separate the unhusked grains from the ears
2MakasaraN-derivational prefix forming intransitive verbs from nouns and other roots
3Proto-Malayo-Polynesian*maN-inflectional prefix marking actor voice

via Makasar pa- -ang

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Makasarpa- -ang—

Words derived from “palloʼdàng”

Every word from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *maN- →Every word from Makasar aN- →Every word from Makasar alloʼda →