Where does “tallang buburuʼ” come from?

tallang buburuʼ (Makasar) comes from Makasar buburuʼ, from Malay bubur, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *buʀbuʀ.

tallang buburuʼ (Makasar): to sink completely to the bottom of the sea; to sink like a brick of a vessel or drowning people; literally: to sink like porridge

Definitions

  1. to sink completely to the bottom of the sea; to sink like a brick of a vessel or drowning people; literally: to sink like porridge

Ancestry of “tallang buburuʼ”, step by step

tallang buburuʼ traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Makasar buburuʼ

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Makasarbuburuʼrice porridge cooked with water, without coconut milk
2Malaybuburcongee; gruel; porridge
3Proto-Malayo-Polynesian*buʀbuʀ—

via Makasar tallang

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Makasartallang—
Every word from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *buʀbuʀ →Every word from Malay bubur →Every word from Makasar buburuʼ →