Where does “tunngasseng” come from?

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

tunngasseng (Makasar): a friendly, polite person; a civilized person

Definitions

  1. a friendly, polite person; a civilized person

Ancestry of “tunngasseng”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Makasaranngassengto be tame
2MakasaraN-derivational prefix forming intransitive verbs from nouns and other roots
3Proto-Malayo-Polynesian*maN-inflectional prefix marking actor voice
Every word from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *maN- →Every word from Makasar aN- →Every word from Makasar anngasseng →