Where does “pinannga” come from?

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

pinannga (Makasar): to dishearten; to make someone despondent or lose courage

Definitions

  1. to dishearten; to make someone despondent or lose courage

Ancestry of “pinannga”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Makasarnanngato lose courage; to become disheartened
2MakasaraN-derivational prefix forming intransitive verbs from nouns and other roots
3Proto-Malayo-Polynesian*maN-inflectional prefix marking actor voice
Every word from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *maN- →Every word from Makasar aN- →Every word from Makasar nannga →
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