Where does “salapampulo” come from?

salapampulo (Makasar) comes from Makasar salapang, from Proto-Malayic -an, from Proto-Austronesian -an — Verbal suffix marking locative focus; Nominal...

salapampulo (Makasar): ninety

Definitions

  1. ninety

Ancestry of “salapampulo”, step by step

salapampulo traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Makasar salapang

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Makasarsalapangnine
2Proto-Malayic-anVerbal suffix marking locative focus; Nominal...
3Proto-Austronesian-anVerbal suffix marking locative focus; Nominal...

via Makasar pulo

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Makasarpuloprecategorial root related to the number ten
2Proto-Malayo-Polynesianpuluqten
3Proto-Austronesianpuluqten
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