eloroʼ

Makasar

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-South Sulawesi *iluʀ (“saliva”), derived from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *iluʀ (“spittle, saliva”)

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈeloroʔ/, [ˈe.lo.roʔ]
  • Hyphenation: e‧lo‧roʼ

Noun

eloroʼ (Lontara spelling ᨕᨙᨒᨚᨑᨚ)

  1. dialectal form of iloroʼ (“moisture in the mouth”)

Further reading

  • A. A. Cense (2024) Makassaars-Nederlands woordenboek‎[1], Brill, →DOI
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