Where does “sapattài” come from?

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

sapattài (Makasar): to swear an oath upon something especially that one will not do it again

Definitions

  1. to swear an oath upon something especially that one will not do it again

Ancestry of “sapattài”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Makasar-isuffix forming transitive verbs
2Proto-Malayo-Polynesian*-i—
3Proto-Austronesian*-i—
Every word from Proto-Austronesian *-i →Every word from Makasar -i →Every word from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *-i →