Where does “parallaʼ” come from?

parallaʼ (Makasar) comes from Makasar allaʼ, from Proto-South Sulawesi *əllət, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *qələt, from Proto-Austronesian *qələC.

parallaʼ (Makasar): a pause; an interval; an interruption; a non-routine period

Definitions

  1. a pause; an interval; an interruption; a non-routine period

Ancestry of “parallaʼ”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Makasarallaʼa gap; a cleft; a space between
2Proto-South Sulawesi*əllət—
3Proto-Malayo-Polynesian*qələt—
4Proto-Austronesian*qələC—

Words derived from “parallaʼ”

Every word from Proto-Austronesian *qələC →Every word from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *qələt →Every word from Proto-South Sulawesi *əllət →