kalotoroʼ

Makasar

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /kaˈlotoroʔ/
  • Hyphenation: ka‧lo‧to‧roʼ

Adjective

kalotoroʼ (Lontara spelling ᨀᨒᨚᨈᨚᨑᨚ)

  1. dry, dried
    Synonyms: aʼmara, rangko
    Antonyms: aʼmasaʼ, basa
    Jukuʼ kalotoroʼ ― Dried fish
  2. (figurative) completely depleted or lost; nothing left (e.g. after a robbery).
    Kalotoroki napakamma palukkaʼ
    He has lost everything due to theft.

Affixations

Compounds

  • jukuʼ kalotoroʼ
  • kaʼdoʼ kalotoroʼ

Further reading

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