Where does “ambari” come from?
ambari (Swahili) comes from Makasar -i, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *-i, from Proto-Austronesian *-i.
ambari (Swahili): ambergris
Ancestry of “ambari”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Makasar | -i | — |
| 2 | Proto-Malayo-Polynesian | *-i | — |
| 3 | Proto-Austronesian | *-i | — |