Where does “tapu anriʼbaʼ” come from?

tapu anriʼbaʼ (Makasar) comes from Makasar anriʼbaʼ, from Makasar aN-, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *maN- — inflectional prefix marking actor voice.

tapu anriʼbaʼ (Makasar): very fine rice dust literally: flying rice dust

Definitions

  1. very fine rice dust literally: flying rice dust

Ancestry of “tapu anriʼbaʼ”, step by step

tapu anriʼbaʼ traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Makasar anriʼbaʼ

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Makasaranriʼbaʼto fly
2MakasaraN-derivational prefix forming intransitive verbs from nouns and other roots
3Proto-Malayo-Polynesian*maN-inflectional prefix marking actor voice

via Makasar tapu

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Makasartapurice dust; rice grit; broken rice bits
Every word from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *maN- →Every word from Makasar aN- →Every word from Makasar anriʼbaʼ →