Where does “tuaʼboya” come from?

tuaʼboya (Makasar) comes from Makasar aʼboya, from Makasar aʼ-, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *maʀ-.

tuaʼboya (Makasar): plaintiff; claimant

Definitions

  1. plaintiff; claimant

Ancestry of “tuaʼboya”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Makasaraʼboya—
2Makasaraʼ-derivational prefix forming intransitive verbs from nouns and other roots
3Proto-Malayo-Polynesian*maʀ-—
Every word from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *maʀ- →Every word from Makasar aʼ- →Every word from Makasar aʼboya →