Where does “pappasiamaʼ bambang” come from?

pappasiamaʼ bambang (Makasar) comes from Makasar pappasiamaʼ, from Makasar pasiamaʼ, from Makasar pa-, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian pa-, from Proto-Austronesian pa- — causative prefix.

pappasiamaʼ bambang (Makasar): a heat stabilizer; a remedy or medicine to rebalance the heat and cold of the body

Definitions

  1. a heat stabilizer; a remedy or medicine to rebalance the heat and cold of the body

Ancestry of “pappasiamaʼ bambang”, step by step

pappasiamaʼ bambang traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Makasar pappasiamaʼ

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Makasarpappasiamaʼnegotiation; reconciliation; the process of making peace
2Makasarpasiamaʼto reconcile; to settle a dispute
3Makasarpa-causative prefix
4Proto-Malayo-Polynesianpa-
5Proto-Austronesianpa-causative prefix

via Makasar bambang

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Makasarbambanghot; warm
Every word from Proto-Austronesian pa-