buku

From Proto-South Sulawesi *buku, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *buku (“joint”).


au

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *qabu, from Proto-Austronesian *qabu.


pare

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *pajay, from Proto-Austronesian *pajay.


uang

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *quban, from Proto-Austronesian *qubaN.


tai

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *taqi, from Proto-Austronesian *Caqi.


allo

From Proto-South Sulawesi *ɨlzo, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *qaləjaw.


ulu

From Proto-South Sulawesi *ulu, From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *qulu, from Proto-Austronesian *quluh.


bulo

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *buluq, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *buluq.


rappa

fathom (distance between the tips of the middle fingers of the outstretched arms)


mata

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *mata, from Proto-Austronesian *maCa.


ase

Borrowed from Buginese ase (ultimately from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *pajay, from Proto-Austronesian *pajay).

paddy (unmilled rice, harvested, but still unhusked), rice (plant)


parang

From Proto-South Sulawesi *padaŋ, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *padaŋ (“uncultivated field, open grassland”).


ina

From Proto-South Sulawesi *ina, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *ina, from Proto-Austronesian *ina.

mother (female (human) who parents a child, gives birth to a baby, or is pregnant)


lila

From Proto-South Sulawesi *dilaq, from Proto-Austronesian *dilaq.


bassi

From Malay besi, from Proto-Malayic *bəsi, from Proto-Malayo-Chamic *bəsi.

(physics, chemistry, metallurgy) iron (element)


balli

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *bəli, from Proto-Austronesian *bəli.


butta

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *buʀtaq. Compare Binukid bugta.


panggang

From Proto-South Sulawesi *paŋgaŋ, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *paŋgaŋ (“roast over a fire; toast”).


bawi

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *babuy, from Proto-Austronesian *babuy.


bulang

From Proto-South Sulawesi *bulan, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *bulan, from Proto-Austronesian *bulaN.


areng

From Proto-South Sulawesi *azan, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *ajan.


uring

Borrowed from Buginese uring (ultimately from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *kudən, from Proto-Austronesian *kudən).


Salasa

From Malay Selasa, ultimately from Arabic الثَلَاثَاء (aṯ-ṯalāṯāʔ).

der

Arabic الثَلَاثَاء (aṯ-ṯalāṯāʔ)


ana'

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *anak, from Proto-Austronesian *aNak.


baine

From Proto-South Sulawesi *babine, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *babinahi.


u'

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *buhək, from Proto-Austronesian *bukəS.

(anatomy) hair (filament which grows on the human head)


garagaji

From Malay gergaji, ultimately from Sanskrit क्रकच (krakaca).


Araba

From Malay Arba'a, ultimately from Arabic اَلْأَرْبَعَاء (al-ʔarbaʕāʔ).

اَلْأَرْبَعَاء

Arabic اَلْأَرْبَعَاء (al-ʔarbaʕāʔ)


karaeng

Probably from Proto-South Sulawesi *ka-raya-an (“greatness”). Cognate to Buginese arung.

inh

Ka punna taniassenga ruai kodina kisa'ringkai kalenta karaeng‒dudu na kanaka tau ipantaraka tau bawang‒dudu.

Because if it [the history of the past kings] is not known, there are two dangers: either we will feel ourselves to be kings too, or outsiders will call us common people.

nakana ri nakke Karaenga Matoaya kubetana Tallumbocco-boccoa manna kayuna takutippasa' teami nara'ga tallumbilangang kattina bulaekku kupappibaraiang kupassare-sareang

Karaeng Matoaya [lit. the old king] said to me, "At my conquest of the Tallumbocco [the three powers], not a branch did I break. A sum of three hundred catties of my own gold did I present, did I distribute."


tedong

Compare to Toraja-Sa'dan tedong (“water buffalo”).


berasa'

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *bəʀas, from Proto-Austronesian *bəʀas.

husked rice (milled raw seeds used as food)


pa'larroang

hotheaded person, someone easily angered


balla' garring

mak-noun

balla' garring (Lontara spelling ᨅᨒ ᨁᨑᨗ)

From balla' (“house”) + garring (“ill”). Calque of Indonesian rumah sakit (“hospital”).


juku'

From Proto-South Sulawesi *jukut (“meat; food”).


ᨅᨕᨗᨊᨙ

Lontara spelling of baine (“woman; wife”)


ᨈᨙᨉᨚ

Lontara spelling of tedong (“water buffalo”)


ᨀᨚᨀᨚ

Lontara spelling of koko (“garden, plantation”)


ᨅᨘᨒ

Lontara spelling of bulang (“moon, month”)


ᨅᨘᨈ

Lontara spelling of butta (“land, soil”)


ᨅᨙᨑᨔ

Lontara spelling of berasa' (“husked rice”)


ᨀᨑᨙ

Lontara spelling of kanre (“cooked rice”)


ᨌᨗᨀᨒᨗ

Lontara spelling of cikali (“first cousin”)


ᨅᨑᨗᨅᨔ

Lontara spelling of bari'basa' (“morning”)


ᨅᨒᨕᨚ

Lontara spelling of balao (“mouse; rat”)


ᨔᨄᨚ ᨄᨗᨑᨘᨕ

Lontara spelling of sampo pinruang (“second cousin”)


sampo pinruang

mak-noun

sampo pinruang (Lontara spelling ᨔᨄᨚ ᨄᨗᨑᨘᨕ)


sampo sikali

sampo sikali (Lontara spelling ᨔᨄᨚ ᨔᨗᨀᨒᨗ)


ᨉᨚᨕ

Lontara spelling of doang (“shrimp, prawn”)


ᨄᨗᨉᨘ

Lontara spelling of pindu' (“second cousin”)


balao

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *balabaw.
Compare Hiligaynon balabaw,Cebuano ambaw, Ilocano bao,Higaonon ambaw, Mansaka ambaw,
Tagakaulu Kalagan ambaw,
Tausug ambaw and
Tiruray ambaw


ᨄᨅᨒᨙ

Lontara spelling of pa'balle (“medicine”)


ᨄᨒ

Lontara spelling of pala' (“palm, sole”)


ᨀᨒᨗᨅᨘ

Lontara spelling of kalimbu' (“blanket”)


binanga

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *binaŋa (“mouth of a river”).


pilisi'

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *pilis (“temple, side of the head”).


langi'

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *laŋit, from Proto-Austronesian *laŋiC.


ulara'

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *hulaʀ, from Proto-Austronesian *Sulaʀ.


ᨔᨗᨔᨗ

Lontara spelling of sissi' (“scale (of fish)”)


ᨕᨚᨒᨚ

Lontara spelling of olo' (“caterpillar”)


olo'

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *quləj, from Proto-Austronesian *quləj.


ᨀᨎᨗ

Lontara spelling of kannying (“eyebrow”)


ᨅᨘᨑᨊᨙ

Lontara spelling of bura'ne (“man; husband”)


ᨅᨗᨈᨗᨔᨗ

Lontara spelling of bitisi' (“calf (of the leg)”)


bitisi'

(anatomy) calf (anatomy: back of the leg below the knee)


ᨑᨄᨚ

Lontara spelling of rappo (“fruit; betel nut”)


ᨆᨚᨌᨚ

Lontara spelling of moncong (“mountain”)


ᨈᨚᨄᨚ

Lontara spelling of tompo' (“peak, summit”)


ᨅᨒ ᨁᨑᨗ

Lontara spelling of balla' garring (“hospital”)


ᨀᨑᨘᨕᨙ

Lontara spelling of karueng (“afternoon”)


tai laso

From tai (“feces, dirt”) + laso (“penis”).


karueng

From *karaweng < *kaʀawan, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *kaʀabian, from Proto-Austronesian *kaʀabian.


dapara'

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *dapaʀ (“flat, even”).


rinring

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *diŋdiŋ. Cognate with Malay dinding.


bungung

well (a hole sunk into the ground as a source of water, oil, natural gas or other fluids)


ᨕᨚᨒᨚᨕᨚᨒᨚ

Lontara spelling of olo'-olo' (“animal”)


ᨈᨅᨘ

Lontara spelling of ta'bu (“sugar cane”)


ᨅᨗᨑᨒᨙ

Lontara spelling of biralle (“maize, corn”)


ᨀᨉᨑᨚ

Lontara spelling of ka'daro (“coconut husk”)


panngissengang

mak-noun

panngissengang (Lontara spelling ᨄᨂᨗᨔᨙᨂ)


ᨀᨉᨑᨚ ᨕᨘᨒᨘ

Lontara spelling of ka'daro ulu (“skull”)


ᨄᨂᨗᨔᨙᨂ

Lontara spelling of panngissengang (“knowledge”)


biralle

From Proto-South Sulawesi *(dr)əlle. From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *zəlay (“a cereal grass with edible seeds that are also used as beads, Job’s tears: Coix lachryma-jobi L.”).


ta'bu

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *təbuh, from Proto-Austronesian *təbuS.


ᨄᨀᨘᨈᨘᨕ

Lontara spelling of pakkuttuang (“lazybones”)


ka'daro ulu

mak-noun

ka'daro ulu (Lontara spelling ᨀᨉᨑᨚ ᨕᨘᨒᨘ)


ᨒᨆᨘᨂ

Lontara spelling of lamungang (“seedling”)


ᨄᨉᨙᨀ

Lontara spelling of pa'dengka (“pestle”)


ᨕᨗᨑᨚᨕᨗᨑᨚ

Lontara spelling of inro-inro (“toy windmill”)


ᨄᨍᨚᨍᨚ

Lontara spelling of panjo'jo' (“index finger”)


ᨍᨆ

Lontara spelling of jamang (“work, task”)


panjo'jo'

[paɲˈɟoʔɟoʔ]


ᨒᨙᨅᨑ

Lontara spelling of lembarang (“carrying pole”)


ᨀᨄᨀᨄᨔ

Lontara spelling of kapa'-kapasa' (“temple”)


ᨀᨑᨚᨀᨑᨚ

Lontara spelling of karro'-karro' (“throat”)


ᨀᨘᨒᨘᨀᨘᨒᨘ

Lontara spelling of kullu-kullu (“firefly”)


ᨅᨚᨒᨅᨚᨒ

Lontara spelling of bolang-bolang (“spider”)


ᨀᨈᨗᨅ

Lontara spelling of katimbang (“grasshopper”)


a'ba

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *bahaq, from Proto-Austronesian *baSaq.


ᨀᨒᨘᨑᨘ

Lontara spelling of kaluru' (“cigarette”)


ᨈᨘᨀ

Lontara spelling of tuka' (“ladder; stairs”)


ᨕᨁ

Lontara spelling of agang (“friend, companion; road”)


ᨅᨗᨔᨙ

Lontara spelling of bise (“oar, paddle”)


ᨒᨙᨄᨒᨙᨄ

Lontara spelling of lepa-lepa (“dugout canoe”)


ᨕᨘᨑᨗ

Lontara spelling of uring (“cooking pot”)


ᨄᨒᨘᨂ

Lontara spelling of pa'lungang (“pillow”)


ᨈᨂᨈᨂ

Lontara spelling of tangang-tangang (“papaya”)


ᨅᨚᨉᨚᨅᨚᨉᨚ

Lontara spelling of bo'dong-bo'dong (“eggplant”)


bo'dong-bo'dong

bo'dong-bo'dong (Lontara spelling ᨅᨚᨉᨚᨅᨚᨉᨚ)


inrang

From (Western) Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *hinzam.


ᨀᨑᨈᨔ

Lontara spelling of karattasa' (“paper”)


ᨈᨒᨗᨄᨚ

Lontara spelling of talipong (“telephone”)


talipong

Borrowed from Malay talipon, ultimately from French téléphone via English or Dutch.


ᨌᨑᨆᨙ

Lontara spelling of carammeng (“mirror”)


ᨒᨙᨀᨚ ᨈᨚᨒᨗ

Lontara spelling of leko' toli (“earlobe”)


Sanneng

From Malay Senin, ultimately from Arabic الاِثْنَيْن (al-iṯnayn).


ᨔᨒᨘᨕᨑ

Lontara spelling of saluara' (“trousers”)


ᨀᨓᨙᨀᨓᨙ

Lontara spelling of kawe-kawe (“trans woman”)


saluara'

From Malay seluar, ultimately from Persian شلوار (šalvâr).


ᨕᨚᨀᨚᨔᨚ

Lontara spelling of ongkoso' (“cost, fee”)


ongkoso'

From Indonesian ongkos, ultimately from Dutch onkost (“expense”).


panynyu

From Proto-South Sulawesi *pɨññu, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *pəñu, from Proto-Austronesian *pəñu (“sea turtle”).


moncong bulo

mak-adjective

moncong bulo (Lontara spelling ᨆᨚᨌᨚ ᨅᨘᨒᨚ)


ᨔᨕᨘᨑᨘ

Lontara spelling of sauru' (“conquered”)


ditti'

From (Western) Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *itil.


sikkiri'

(Islam) dhikr (Islamic prayer whereby a phrase or expression of praise is repeated continually)


taka'bere'

(Islam) takbir (proclamation of the greatness of God, "Allahu akbar")


ᨈᨀᨅᨙᨑᨙ

Lontara spelling of taka'bere' (“takbir”)


ᨔᨄᨗᨑᨗ

Lontara spelling of sapiri (“candlenut”)


pattang

From Proto-South Sulawesi *pəttaŋ, From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *pətəŋ, compare Javanese peteng, Malay petang.

afternoon (part of the day between noon and evening)