Where does “tallussaʼbu” come from?

tallussaʼbu (Makasar) comes from Makasar tallu, from Proto-South Sulawesi *tɨllu, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian təlu, from Proto-Austronesian təlu — three.

tallussaʼbu (Makasar): three thousand

Definitions

  1. three thousand

Ancestry of “tallussaʼbu”, step by step

tallussaʼbu traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Makasar tallu

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Makasartalluthree
2Proto-South Sulawesi*tɨllu
3Proto-Malayo-Polynesiantəluthree
4Proto-Austronesiantəluthree

via Makasar saʼbu

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Makasarsaʼbu
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