buku

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


au

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


kana

mak-verb

kana (Lontara spelling ᨀᨊ, semi-transitive akkana)


pare

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


pera

pera (Lontara spelling ᨄᨙᨑ, semi-transitive ammera)

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


uang

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


pisang

pisang (Lontara spelling ᨄᨗᨔ, semi-transitive ammisang)

(transitive) to carry sth. on the shoulder


-ko

head

-ko (absolutive enclitic, Lontara spelling ᨀᨚ)

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *(i-)kahu, Proto-Austronesian *(i-)kaSu.

you (familiar second person singualr and plural)


-na

-na (possessive suffix, Lontara spelling ᨊ)

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

his, her, its, their (third person singular and plural)


-ta

-ta (possessive suffix, Lontara spelling ᨈ)

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

your (polite second person singular and plural)


-a

Ba'dai uringa.


laki

From Proto-South Sulawesi *laki, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *laki.

Jangang lakia


lima

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


lima

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


tai

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


tallu

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


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.


alle

mak-verb

alle (Lontara spelling ᨕᨒᨙ, semi-transitive anngalle)


bulo

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


-i

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


-i

he, him, she, it, they, them (third person singular and plural)


ri

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


rua

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *duha, from Proto-Austronesian *duSa.


rappa

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


kota

kota (Lontara spelling ᨀᨚᨈ, semi-transitive anngota)


mata

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


raya

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *daya (“upriver, toward the interior”), from Proto-Austronesian *daya (“upriver, toward the interior”).
Since the prestige dialect of Makasar is spoken on the western coast of the South Sulawesi peninsula, the originally relative meaning "toward the interior" was lexicalized as "east(wards)". In the Turatea and Bantaeng dialects which are located on the southern coast, raya means "north".


ase

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

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


gana

Jangang ganaya


parang

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


ki-

head

ki- (nominative proclitic, Lontara spelling ᨀᨗ)

you (polite second person singular and plural)


sare

mak-verb

sare (Lontara spelling ᨔᨑᨙ, semi-transitive assare)


beru

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *baqəʀu, from Proto-Austronesian *baqəʀuh.


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)


garu

garu (Lontara spelling ᨁᨑᨘ, semi-transitive a'garu)


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)


boya

boya (Lontara spelling ᨅᨚᨐ, semi-transitive a'boya)


balli

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


balli

balli (Lontara spelling ᨅᨒᨗ, semi-transitive ammalli)


butta

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


katte

head

katte (free pronoun, Lontara spelling ᨀᨈᨙ)


panggang

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


jama

mak-verb

jama (Lontara spelling ᨍᨆ, semi-transitive anjama)


-ku

head

-ku (possessive suffix, Lontara spelling ᨀᨘ)

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


anjo

that (demonstrative, remote from speaker and addressee)


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.


nakke

nakke (free pronoun, Lontara spelling ᨊᨀᨙ)


na-

na- (nominative proclitic, Lontara spelling ᨊ)

he, she, it, they (third person singular and plural)


ku-

ku- (nominative proclitic, Lontara spelling ᨀᨘ)


pa-

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


nu-

nu- (nominative proclitic, Lontara spelling ᨊᨘ)

you (familiar second person singular and plural)


sassa

mak-verb

sassa (Lontara spelling ᨔᨔ, semi-transitive assassa)


tena

Tena nakulle a'gio'.


tena

Tena tau ja'dala' anne ri kamponga.

There is no evil person in this village.

Tena doekku.

I don't have money. (literally, “There is no money of mine.”)

(negative existential) there is not; to have not


keke

keke (Lontara spelling ᨀᨙᨀᨙ, semi-transitive akkeke)


ngai

ngai (Lontara spelling ᨂᨕᨗ, semi-transitive anngai)


-mang

head

-mang (possessive suffix, Lontara spelling ᨆ)

our (first person plural exclusive) (archaic, poetic)


suro

mak-verb

suro (Lontara spelling ᨔᨘᨑᨚ, semi-transitive assuro)

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

(transitive) to order (to tell or send s.o. to do sth.)


areng

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


-mi

Tinromi i Baso.

perfective aspect
perfective aspect#English

perfective aspect marker with third person absolutive pronoun


kairi

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *(ka-)wiʀi, from Proto-Austronesian *(ka-)wiʀi.

left (the west side of the body when one is facing north)


pallu

pallu (Lontara spelling ᨄᨒᨘ, semi-transitive appallu)


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.


-nu

head

-nu (possessive suffix, Lontara spelling ᨊᨘ)

your (familiar second person singular and plural)


u'

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

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


kallong

Nakallonga' buku juku'.


antu

that (demonstrative, close to addressee)


appa'

From Proto-South Sulawesi *ɨppat, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *əpat, from Proto-Austronesian *Səpat.


tarang

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *tazəm, from Proto-Austronesian *Cazəm.


tampiling

mak-verb

tampiling (Lontara spelling ᨈᨄᨗᨒᨗ, semi-transitive annampiling)


tayang

tayang (Lontara spelling ᨈᨐ, semi-transitive attayang)


kambe

head

kambe (free pronoun, Lontara spelling ᨀᨅᨙ)

we (first person plural exclusive; archaic, poetic)


garagaji

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


lamung

mak-verb

lamung (Lontara spelling ᨒᨆᨘ, semi-transitive a'lamung)


Araba

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

der

اَلْأَرْبَعَاء

Arabic اَلْأَرْبَعَاء (al-ʔarbaʕāʔ)


a'masa'

A'masaki bajungku ri songo'.


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)


cokko

mak-verb

cokko (Lontara spelling ᨌᨚᨀᨚ, semi-transitive annyokko)


kanre

kanre (Lontara spelling ᨀᨑᨙ, semi-transitive annganre)


appatu'guru'

mak-verb form

appatu'guru' (Lontara spelling ᨕᨄᨈᨘᨁᨘᨑᨘ)

semi-transitive of patu'guru' (“to drop”)


patu'guru'

mak-verb

patu'guru' (Lontara spelling ᨄᨈᨘᨁᨘᨑᨘ, semi-transitive appatu'guru')


kokko'

kokko' (Lontara spelling ᨀᨚᨀᨚ, semi-transitive anngokko')


alloi

alloi (Lontara spelling ᨕᨒᨚᨕᨗ, semi-transitive anngalloi)


erang

erang (Lontara spelling ᨕᨙᨑ, semi-transitive anngerang)


ri'ba'

precategorial root expressing flying movement


kalotori

kalotori (Lontara spelling ᨀᨒᨚᨈᨚᨑᨗ, semi-transitive anngalotori)


pari'ba'

pari'ba' (Lontara spelling ᨄᨑᨗᨅ, semi-transitive appari'ba')


pa'larroang

hotheaded person, someone easily angered


pa'- -ang

pa'- -ang + larro (“angry”) = pa'larroang (“someone easily angered”)

Used to form nouns from adjectives: someone who is inclined to have the quality described by the adjective.


balla' garring

mak-noun

balla' garring (Lontara spelling ᨅᨒ ᨁᨑᨗ)

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


bassoro'

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


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”)


pilanngeri

mak-verb

pilanngeri (Lontara spelling ᨄᨗᨒᨂᨙᨑᨗ, semi-transitive appilanngeri)


allanngere'

semi-transitive of lanngere' (“to hear”)


lanngere'

lanngere' (Lontara spelling ᨒᨂᨙᨑᨙ, semi-transitive allanngere')

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


ᨅᨘᨈ

Lontara spelling of butta (“land, soil”)


ᨅᨅ

Lontara spelling of bambang (“hot, warm”)


ᨅᨙᨑᨔ

Lontara spelling of berasa' (“husked rice”)


inung

inung (Lontara spelling ᨕᨗᨊᨘ, semi-transitive annginung)

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


appilanngeri

mak-verb form

appilanngeri (Lontara spelling ᨕᨄᨗᨒᨂᨙᨑᨗ)

semi-transitive of pilanngeri (“to listen”)


ᨀᨑᨙ

Lontara spelling of kanre (“cooked rice”)


ᨌᨗᨀᨒᨗ

Lontara spelling of cikali (“first cousin”)


ᨔᨗᨀᨒᨗ

Lontara spelling of sikali (“very; once”)


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


ᨊᨕᨘ

Lontara spelling of naung (“go down, descend”)


sulu'

precategorial root expressing outside movement


ᨊᨕᨗ

Lontara spelling of nai' (“go up, ascend”)


ᨄᨅᨒᨙ

Lontara spelling of pa'balle (“medicine”)


ᨈᨁᨒ

Lontara spelling of ta'gala' (“to hold”)


ᨕᨑᨚᨀᨚ

Lontara spelling of a'roko' (“to wrap (semi-transitive)”)


ᨕᨌᨗᨊᨗ

Lontara spelling of accini' (“to see (semi-transitive)”)


ᨕᨈᨁᨒ

Lontara spelling of atta'gala' (“to hold on”)


cini'

mak-verb

cini' (Lontara spelling ᨌᨗᨊᨗ, semi-transitive accini')


ta'gala'

ta'gala' (Lontara spelling ᨈᨁᨒ, semi-transitive anna'gala')


ᨕᨊᨁᨒ

Lontara spelling of anna'gala' (“to hold (semi-transitive)”)


roko'

roko' (Lontara spelling ᨑᨚᨀᨚ, semi-transitive a'roko')


ᨅᨔᨚᨑᨚ

Lontara spelling of bassoro' (“full, satiated”)


ᨄᨒ

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


ᨄᨒ

Lontara spelling of pala' (“to ask for”)


katala'

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *gatəl, from Proto-Austronesian *gaCəl.


pala'

pala' (Lontara spelling ᨄᨒ, semi-transitive appala')


ᨄᨑᨗᨔᨗ

Lontara spelling of pa'risi' (“painful”)


ᨄᨔᨘᨒᨘ

Lontara spelling of pasulu' (“take out”)


ᨕᨄᨔᨘᨒᨘ

Lontara spelling of appasulu' (“to take”)


ᨀᨒᨗᨅᨘ

Lontara spelling of kalimbu' (“blanket”)


appasulu'

semi-transitive of pasulu' (“to take out”)


pasulu'

pasulu' (Lontara spelling ᨄᨔᨘᨒᨘ, semi-transitive appasulu')


binanga

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


pilisi'

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


ᨕᨄᨑᨗᨅ

Lontara spelling of appari'ba' (“to fly (trans.)”)


langi'

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


anngangkang

semi-transitive of kangkang (“to hold in the fist”)


kio'

mak-verb

kio' (Lontara spelling ᨀᨗᨕᨚ, semi-transitive akkio')


ulara'

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


ᨔᨗᨔᨗ

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


ᨕᨀᨀ

Lontara spelling of akkangkang (“to scratch”)


ᨀᨀ

Lontara spelling of kangkang (“to hold in the fist; to scratch”)


ᨕᨂᨀ

Lontara spelling of anngangkang (“to hold in the fist”)

Lontara spelling of anngakka' (“to tear”)


kangkang

kangkang (Lontara spelling ᨀᨀ, semi-transitive anngangkang)

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


kangkang

kangkang (Lontara spelling ᨀᨀ, semi-transitive akkangkang)


ᨕᨚᨒᨚ

Lontara spelling of olo' (“caterpillar”)


olo'

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


akkangkang

semi-transitive of kangkang (“to scratch”)


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”)


ᨕᨂᨗᨔᨙ

Lontara spelling of anngisseng (“to know”)


ᨀᨉᨑᨚ

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


panngissengang

mak-noun

panngissengang (Lontara spelling ᨄᨂᨗᨔᨙᨂ)


ᨀᨉᨑᨚ ᨕᨘᨒᨘ

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


ᨕᨄᨒ

Lontara spelling of appala' (“to ask for”)


ᨄᨂᨗᨔᨙᨂ

Lontara spelling of panngissengang (“knowledge”)


ᨕᨅᨚᨐ

Lontara spelling of a'boya (“to look for”)


ᨕᨄᨙᨒ

Lontara spelling of appela' (“to throw away, to discard”)


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.”).


ᨄᨙᨒ

Lontara spelling of pela' (“to throw away, to discard”)


ᨕᨒᨘ

Lontara spelling of a'lu' (“to swallow”)


ta'bu

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


ᨕᨂᨒᨘ

Lontara spelling of annga'lu' (“to swallow”)


ᨕᨀᨘᨒᨈᨘ

Lontara spelling of akkulantu' (“to kneel”)


ᨅᨚᨐ

Lontara spelling of boya (“to look for”)


ᨄᨀᨘᨈᨘᨕ

Lontara spelling of pakkuttuang (“lazybones”)


paN- -ang

paN- -ang + isseng (“to know”) = panngissengang (“knowledge”)

Used to form abstract or locative nouns from verbs.


ka'daro ulu

mak-noun

ka'daro ulu (Lontara spelling ᨀᨉᨑᨚ ᨕᨘᨒᨘ)


a'lu'

mak-verb

a'lu' (Lontara spelling ᨕᨒᨘ, semi-transitive annga'lu')


isseng

isseng (Lontara spelling ᨕᨗᨔᨙ, semi-transitive anngisseng)


pela'

pela' (Lontara spelling ᨄᨙᨒ, semi-transitive appela')


ᨈᨚᨉᨚ

Lontara spelling of to'do' (“to pierce”)


ᨕᨊᨚᨉᨚ

Lontara spelling of anno'do' (“to pierce”)


beso'

beso' (Lontara spelling ᨅᨙᨔᨚ, semi-transitive a'beso')


ᨕᨊᨄᨗᨒᨗ

Lontara spelling of annampiling (“to slap”)


ᨈᨄᨗᨒᨗ

Lontara spelling of tampiling (“to slap”)


tobo'

tobo' (Lontara spelling ᨈᨚᨅᨚ, semi-transitive annobo')


ᨒᨆᨘᨂ

Lontara spelling of lamungang (“seedling”)


ᨁᨄ

Lontara spelling of gappa (“to get; to find”)


ᨕᨉᨙᨀ

Lontara spelling of a'dengka (“to pound”)


ᨕᨁᨄ

Lontara spelling of anggappa (“to get; to find”)


ᨕᨒᨆᨘ

Lontara spelling of a'lamung (“to plant”)


to'do'

to'do' (Lontara spelling ᨈᨚᨉᨚ, semi-transitive anno'do')


annampiling

semi-transitive of tampiling (“to slap”)


dengka

dengka (Lontara spelling ᨉᨙᨀ, semi-transitive a'dengka)


gappa

gappa (Lontara spelling ᨁᨄ, semi-transitive anggappa)


anggappa

semi-transitive of gappa (“to get; to find”)


ᨄᨉᨙᨀ

Lontara spelling of pa'dengka (“pestle”)


appela'

semi-transitive of pela' (“to throw away, to discard”)


ᨕᨄᨕᨗᨑᨚ

Lontara spelling of appainro (“to spin”)


ᨕᨆᨗᨑᨚ

Lontara spelling of amminro (“to rotate”)


painro

painro (Lontara spelling ᨄᨕᨗᨑᨚ, semi-transitive appainro)


ᨍᨁᨘᨑᨘ

Lontara spelling of jaguru' (“to punch”)


ᨕᨗᨑᨚᨕᨗᨑᨚ

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


ᨕᨍᨁᨘᨑᨘ

Lontara spelling of anjaguru' (“to punch”)


jaguru'

jaguru' (Lontara spelling ᨍᨁᨘᨑᨘ, semi-transitive anjaguru')

(transitive) to punch (to strike with one's fist)


ᨍᨀᨒ

Lontara spelling of jakkala' (“to seize”)


jakkala'

jakkala' (Lontara spelling ᨍᨀᨒ, semi-transitive anjakkala')


ᨍᨚᨍᨚ

Lontara spelling of jo'jo' (“to point at; to accuse”)


anjakkala'

semi-transitive of jakkala' (“to seize”)


ᨕᨍᨚᨍᨚ

Lontara spelling of anjo'jo' (“to point at; to accuse”)


ᨄᨍᨚᨍᨚ

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


jo'jo'

jo'jo' (Lontara spelling ᨍᨚᨍᨚ, semi-transitive anjo'jo')


ᨀᨒᨗᨅᨘᨀᨗ

Lontara spelling of kalimbuki (“to cover with a blanket”)


anjo'jo'

semi-transitive of jo'jo' (“to point at; to accuse”)


ᨕᨀᨒᨗᨅᨘ

Lontara spelling of akkalimbu' (“to cover oneself with a blanket”)


kalimbuki

kalimbuki (Lontara spelling ᨀᨒᨗᨅᨘᨀᨗ, semi-transitive anngalimbuki)


ᨍᨆ

Lontara spelling of jamang (“work, task”)


anngalimbuki

mak-verb form

anngalimbuki (Lontara spelling ᨕᨂᨒᨗᨅᨘᨀᨗ)

semi-transitive of kalimbuki (“to cover with a blanket”)


panjo'jo'

[paɲˈɟoʔɟoʔ]


akkalimbu'

(intransitive) to cover oneself with a blanket


kakka'

mak-verb

kakka' (Lontara spelling ᨀᨀ, semi-transitive anngakka')


ᨕᨂᨒᨗᨅᨘᨀᨗ

Lontara spelling of anngalimbuki (“to cover with a blanket”)


ᨕᨀᨙᨅᨘ

Lontara spelling of akke'bu' (“to shut”)


ke'bu'

ke'bu' (Lontara spelling ᨀᨙᨅᨘ, semi-transitive akke'bu')


ᨄᨀᨑᨘ

Lontara spelling of pakarru' (“to make s.o. cry”)


ᨕᨄᨀᨑᨘ

Lontara spelling of appakarru' (“to make s.o. cry”)


pakarru'

pakarru' (Lontara spelling ᨄᨀᨑᨘ, semi-transitive appakarru')


ᨀᨑᨘᨀᨗ

Lontara spelling of karruki (“to cry over, to bewail”)


karru'

precatgorial root expressing the act of crying


ᨕᨂᨑᨘ

Lontara spelling of anngarru' (“to cry”)


appakarru'

semi-transitive of pakarru' (“to make s.o. cry”)


ᨕᨄᨕᨙᨈᨙ

Lontara spelling of appaenteng (“to erect”)


appaenteng

semi-transitive of paenteng (“to erect”)


paenteng

paenteng (Lontara spelling ᨄᨕᨙᨈᨙ, semi-transitive appaenteng)


ᨕᨆᨙᨈᨙ

Lontara spelling of ammenteng (“to stand”)


ᨄᨕᨙᨈᨙ

Lontara spelling of paenteng (“to erect”)


-ma'

Bassoro'ma'.

perfective aspect marker with first person absolutive pronoun


-a'

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *aku, Proto-Austronesian *aku.


ᨒᨅᨘᨔᨘ

Lontara spelling of la'busu' (“to be used up”)


ᨕᨂᨚᨉ

Lontara spelling of anngondang (“to chase”)


-ki'

head

-ki' (absolutive enclitic, Lontara spelling ᨀᨗ)

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *kita, Proto-Austronesian *kita.

you (polite second person singular and plural)


ᨄᨗᨒᨅᨘᨔᨗ

Lontara spelling of pila'busi (“to finish off, to use up”)


ondang

mak-verb

ondang (Lontara spelling ᨕᨚᨉ, semi-transitive anngondang)


pila'busi

pila'busi (Lontara spelling ᨄᨗᨒᨅᨘᨔᨗ, semi-transitive appila'busi)


appila'busi

semi-transitive of pila'busi (“to finish off, to use up”)


ᨕᨆᨌᨚ

Lontara spelling of ammacco' (“to squeeze”)


ᨄᨌᨚ

Lontara spelling of pacco' (“to squeeze”)


ᨄᨙᨑ

Lontara spelling of pera (“to wring out”)


ᨕᨄᨈᨔ

Lontara spelling of appattasa' (“to store”)


ᨄᨈᨔ

Lontara spelling of pattasa' (“to store”)


ᨕᨆᨙᨑ

Lontara spelling of ammera (“to wring out”)


ᨕᨒᨘᨒᨘ

Lontara spelling of allu'lu' (“to wipe”)


ammacco'

semi-transitive of pacco' (“to squeeze”)


ammera

semi-transitive of pera (“to wring out”)


pare'

pare' (Lontara spelling ᨄᨑᨙ, semi-transitive appare')


ᨕᨒᨙᨅᨑ

Lontara spelling of allembara' (“to cary with a carrying pole”)


lu'lu'

lu'lu' (Lontara spelling ᨒᨘᨒᨘ, semi-transitive allu'lu')


pattasa'

pattasa' (Lontara spelling ᨄᨈᨔ, semi-transitive appattasa')


appattasa'

semi-transitive of pattasa' (“to store”)


ᨕᨆᨚᨌ

Lontara spelling of ammoca' (“to knead”)


ᨕᨆᨗᨔ

Lontara spelling of ammisang (“to carry on the shoulder”)


allembara'

semi-transitive of lembara' (“to carry with a carrying pole”)


poca'

poca' (Lontara spelling ᨄᨚᨌ, semi-transitive ammoca')


ammisang

semi-transitive of pisang (“to carry on the shoulder”)


ᨒᨙᨅᨑ

Lontara spelling of lembara' (“to carry with a carrying pole”)


ᨒᨙᨅᨑ

Lontara spelling of lembarang (“carrying pole”)


ᨕᨄᨗᨒᨅᨘᨔᨗ

Lontara spelling of appila'busi (“to finish off, to use up”)


ᨄᨗᨔ

Lontara spelling of pisang (“to carry on the shoulder”)


lembara'

lembara' (Lontara spelling ᨒᨙᨅᨑ, semi-transitive allembara')

(transitive) to carry (with a carrying pole)


pacco'

pacco' (Lontara spelling ᨄᨌᨚ, semi-transitive ammacco')


Mangkasara'

Cognate with Buginese Mangkasa', Toraja-Sa'dan Makkasa', Mandar Ma'asar, Malay Mengkasar (obsolete).

Makassar (a city in South Sulawesi, Indonesia)


Mangkasara'

relating to the Makassarese ethnic group or their language.


ᨕᨒᨂᨙᨑᨙ

Lontara spelling of allanngere' (“to hear”)


ᨕᨂᨙᨑ

Lontara spelling of anngerang (“to bring”)


ᨕᨂᨗᨊᨘ

Lontara spelling of annginung (“to drink”)


ᨕᨄᨈᨘᨁᨘᨑᨘ

Lontara spelling of appatu'guru' (“to drop”)


ᨕᨂᨚᨀᨚ

Lontara spelling of anngokko' (“to bite”)


ᨕᨎᨚᨀᨚ

Lontara spelling of annyokko (“to hide”)


ᨕᨄᨗᨒᨂᨙᨑᨗ

Lontara spelling of appilanngeri (“to listen”)


ᨑᨀ

Lontara spelling of raka' (“to embrace”)


ᨕᨑᨀ

Lontara spelling of a'raka' (“to embrace”)


ᨑᨄᨘ

Lontara spelling of rappung (“to pick up; to gather”)


ᨕᨑᨄᨘ

Lontara spelling of anrappung (“to pick up; to gather”)


ᨕᨑᨄᨘᨂ

Lontara spelling of a'rappungang (“to gather”)


anrappung

semi-transitive of rappung (“to pick up; to gather”)


raka'

raka' (Lontara spelling ᨑᨀ, semi-transitive a'raka')

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


rappung

rappung (Lontara spelling ᨑᨄᨘ, semi-transitive anrappung)


ᨕᨄᨗᨑᨔᨗ

Lontara spelling of appirassi (“to fill up”)


ᨄᨗᨑᨔᨗ

Lontara spelling of pirassi (“to fill up”)


ᨄᨑᨗᨑ

Lontara spelling of parinra (“to light; to turn on”)


appirassi

semi-transitive of pirassi (“to fill up”)


ᨑᨗᨑ

Lontara spelling of rinra (“to burn; to be alight”)


pirassi

pirassi (Lontara spelling ᨄᨗᨑᨔᨗ, semi-transitive appirassi)


a'rappungang

(intransitive) to gather (come together)


ᨕᨄᨑᨗᨑ

Lontara spelling of apparinra (“to light; to turn on”)


apparinra

semi-transitive of parinra (“to light; to turn on”)


parinra

parinra (Lontara spelling ᨄᨑᨗᨑ, semi-transitive apparinra)


sungke

sungke (Lontara spelling ᨔᨘᨀᨙ, semi-transitive annyungke)


ᨕᨎᨘᨀᨙ

Lontara spelling of annyungke (“to open”)


ᨕᨔᨗᨂᨑ

Lontara spelling of assingara' (“to dun”)


ᨔᨗᨂᨑ

Lontara spelling of singara' (“clear, bright”)


singara'

singara' (Lontara spelling ᨔᨗᨂᨑ, semi-transitive assingara')

(transitive) to dun (to demand a due payment from s.o.)


ᨈᨐ

Lontara spelling of tayang (“to wait for”)


ᨕᨈᨐ

Lontara spelling of attayang (“to wait for”)


attayang

semi-transitive of tayang (“to wait for”)


ᨕᨘᨑᨂᨗ

Lontara spelling of u'rangi (“to remember”)


u'rangi

u'rangi (Lontara spelling ᨕᨘᨑᨂᨗ, semi-transitive anngu'rangi)


ᨕᨂᨘᨑᨂᨗ

Lontara spelling of anngu'rangi (“to remember”)


anngu'rangi

semi-transitive of u'rangi (“to remember”)


anjoreng

there (deictic, remote from speaker and addressee)


annang

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


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.


ᨕᨀᨒᨘᨑᨘ

Lontara spelling of akkaluru' (“to smoke”)


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”)


ᨕᨂᨗᨑ

Lontara spelling of annginrang (“to borrow”)


bo'dong-bo'dong

mak-noun

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


ᨕᨗᨑ

Lontara spelling of inrang (“to borrow”)


inrang

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


inrang

mak-verb

inrang (Lontara spelling ᨕᨗᨑ, semi-transitive annginrang)


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.


lantang

Lantammi banngia.

It is already late at night. (literally, “The night is already deep.”)

late (idiomatically used with night as subject)


ᨌᨑᨆᨙ

Lontara spelling of carammeng (“mirror”)


lau'

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *lahud (“downstream, toward the sea”), from Proto-Austronesian *lahud (“downstream, toward the sea”).
Since the prestige dialect of Makasar is spoken on the western coast of the South Sulawesi peninsula, the originally relative meaning "toward the sea" was lexicalized as "west(wards)". In the Turatea and Bantaeng dialects which are located on the southern coast, lau' means "south".


timboro'

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *timuʀ (“southeast monsoon”), from Proto-Austronesian *timuʀ.


wara'

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *habaʀat (“southwest monsoon”), from Proto-Austronesian *Sabaʀat.


ᨕᨗ

Lontara spelling of i (article for personal names and pronouns)


ᨈᨅᨀ

Lontara spelling of ta'bangka (“to be startled”)


ᨈᨉᨚᨉᨚ

Lontara spelling of ta'do'do' (“to feel sleepy”)


ᨒᨙᨀᨚ ᨈᨚᨒᨗ

Lontara spelling of leko' toli (“earlobe”)


-kang

head

-kang (absolutive enclitic, Lontara spelling ᨀ)

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *kami, Proto-Austronesian *kami.

we (first person plural exclusive; archaic, poetic)


ᨔᨘᨅᨂᨗᨕᨂ

Lontara spelling of subanngiangang (“day before yesterday”)


ᨆᨙᨅᨑ

Lontara spelling of membara' (“day after tomorrow”)


ᨔᨘᨅᨂᨗ

Lontara spelling of subanngi (“yesterday”)


subanngiangang

mak-adverb

subanngiangang (Lontara spelling ᨔᨘᨅᨂᨗᨕᨂ)

day before yesterday
day before yesterday


ᨔᨘᨄᨉᨙ

Lontara spelling of sumpadeng (“earlier”)


pa're

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *hapəjiq, from Proto-Austronesian *Sapəjiq (“smarting, stinging pain”).


Sanneng

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


ᨆᨑᨘᨔᨘ

Lontara spelling of Marusu' (“Maros (a town in South Sulawesi, Indonesia)”)


ᨅᨘᨁᨗᨔᨗ

Lontara spelling of Bugisi' (“Buginese”)


Marusu'

Maros (a town in South Sulawesi, Indonesia)


ᨆᨀᨔᨑ

Lontara spelling of Mangkasara' (“Makassar (a city in South Sulawesi, Indonesia)”)


ᨆᨀᨔᨑ

Lontara spelling of Mangkasara' (“Makassarese”)


ᨄᨑᨁᨗ

Lontara spelling of Paranggi (“Portuguese”)


ᨔᨒᨘᨕᨑ

Lontara spelling of saluara' (“trousers”)


Paranggi

From Malay Peranggi, ultimately from Persian فرنگی (farangi, “Westerner”).


ᨀᨓᨙᨀᨓᨙ

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


saluara'

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


Bugisi'

Cognate with Mandar Bugis, Toraja-Sa'dan Bugi', Buginese Ugi'.

tau Bugisi'

basa Bugisi'

a'bicara Bugisi'

relating to the Buginese ethnic group or their language.


Silayara'

Selayar (an island in South Sulawesi, Indonesia)


Silayara'

relating to the Selayarese ethnic group or their language.


Sambawa

West Nusa Tenggara
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Sumbawa (an island in West Nusa Tenggara, Indonesia)


Sambawa

relating to the Sumbawa ethnic group or their language.


ᨕᨔᨒᨘᨕᨑ

Lontara spelling of assaluara' (“to wear trousers”)


ᨕᨚᨀᨚᨔᨚ

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


ᨕᨚᨀᨚᨔᨗ

Lontara spelling of ongkosi (“to pay the expenses for sth.”)


ongkosi

Inai ambantui anngongkosi sikolana?

Who helps him to pay the costs for his education?

(transitive) to pay the costs/expenses for sth.


ongkoso'

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


aN-

derivational prefix forming intransitive verbs from nouns and other roots

inflectional prefix forming the semi-transitive of transitive verbs


ᨕᨂᨒᨚᨕᨗ

Lontara spelling of anngalloi (“to sun-dry”)


ᨕᨂᨒᨚᨈᨚᨑᨗ

Lontara spelling of anngalotori (“to dry”)


ᨕᨒᨚᨕᨗ

Lontara spelling of alloi (“to sun-dry”)


panynyu

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


ᨆᨚᨌᨚ ᨅᨘᨒᨚ

Lontara spelling of moncong bulo (“green”)


moncong bulo

mak-adjective

moncong bulo (Lontara spelling ᨆᨚᨌᨚ ᨅᨘᨒᨚ)


ᨔᨕᨘᨑᨘ

Lontara spelling of sauru' (“conquered”)


sauru'

From Proto-South Sulawesi *sau(r) (“conquered, powerless”). From (Western) Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *saur (“conquered, subdued; lower, inferior”).

inh

conquered, powerless (what is subdued or made to give up; no longer able to resist; no longer able to perform (as through old age); having become useless)


ditti'

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


ᨕᨔᨚᨅᨒ

Lontara spelling of assombala' (“to sail”)


ᨕᨔᨚᨊ

Lontara spelling of asso'na (“to dream”)


ᨕᨊᨙᨄᨚ

Lontara spelling of annepo' (“to break”)


tepo'

mak-verb

tepo' (Lontara spelling ᨈᨙᨄᨚ, semi-transitive annepo')

(transitive) to break (a long object like a stick etc.)

(intransitive) to break (for long objects)


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”)


ᨕᨅᨑᨔ

Lontara spelling of a'barrasa' (“to sweep”)


ᨒᨙᨅ

Lontara spelling of le'ba' (“to end, to finish”)


ᨔᨄᨗᨑᨗ

Lontara spelling of sapiri (“candlenut”)


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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)