Where does “sombalaʼ nitaʼbaʼ tannga” come from?

sombalaʼ nitaʼbaʼ tannga (Makasar) comes from Makasar tannga — middle; center.

sombalaʼ nitaʼbaʼ tannga (Makasar): a sail with a colored cotton strip in the middle formerly forbidden for commoners to use

Definitions

  1. a sail with a colored cotton strip in the middle formerly forbidden for commoners to use

Ancestry of “sombalaʼ nitaʼbaʼ tannga”, step by step

sombalaʼ nitaʼbaʼ tannga traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.

via Makasar tannga

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Makasartanngamiddle; center

via Makasar sombalaʼ

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Makasarsombalaʼsail

via Makasar nitaʼbaʼ

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Makasarnitaʼbaʼ
Every word from Makasar tannga