Where does “patangarang” come from?

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

patangarang (Makasar): a small, cage-shaped tin ornament worn on the head by a bissu traditional gender-transcendent shaman/priest

Definitions

  1. a small, cage-shaped tin ornament worn on the head by a bissu traditional gender-transcendent shaman/priest

Ancestry of “patangarang”, 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 →