Where does “tana bonto” come from?
tana bonto (Makasar) comes from Makasar tana, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *tanəq — earth, soil, land.
tana bonto (Makasar): high-lying wet rice fields
Definitions
- high-lying wet rice fields
Ancestry of “tana bonto”, step by step
tana bonto traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Makasar tana
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Makasar | tana | land |
| 2 | Proto-Malayo-Polynesian | *tanəq | earth, soil, land |
via Makasar bonto
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Makasar | bonto | high ground, elevated ground in a plain, on which villages are built in flat terrain, wet rice fields are established |