Where does “pialleiang” come from?

pialleiang (Makasar) comes from Makasar piallèi, from Makasar -i, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *-i, from Proto-Austronesian *-i.

pialleiang (Makasar): to let something be caught with a specific instrument

Definitions

  1. to let something be caught with a specific instrument

Ancestry of “pialleiang”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Makasarpiallèito let someone or something be caught by something
2Makasar-isuffix forming transitive verbs
3Proto-Malayo-Polynesian*-i—
4Proto-Austronesian*-i—
Every word from Proto-Austronesian *-i →Every word from Makasar -i →Every word from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *-i →
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