Where does “silaʼbakki” come from?

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

silaʼbakki (Makasar): to visit each other

Definitions

  1. to visit each other

Ancestry of “silaʼbakki”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Makasarlaʼbakkito widen; to make broad
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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