Where does “sikanreang baʼdiliʼ” come from?

sikanreang baʼdiliʼ (Makasar) comes from Makasar baʼdiliʼ, from Javanese bedil, from Tamil வெடில் — gunpowder.

sikanreang baʼdiliʼ (Makasar): the distance a gun can shoot; a gunshot's distance

Definitions

  1. the distance a gun can shoot; a gunshot's distance

Ancestry of “sikanreang baʼdiliʼ”, step by step

sikanreang baʼdiliʼ traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Makasar baʼdiliʼ

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Makasarbaʼdiliʼgun; rifle
2JavanesebedilJava arquebus
3Tamilவெடில்gunpowder

via Makasar sikanreang

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Makasarsikanreang—
Every word from Tamil வெடில் →Every word from Javanese bedil →Every word from Makasar baʼdiliʼ →