karaeng

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Makasar

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Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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Noun

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karaeng (Lontara spelling ᨀᨑᨕᨙ)

  1. king, ruler, lord
    • c. 1670, Gowa Chronicle:
      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.
      (transliterated and translated by Anthony Jukes)
    • c. 1670, Tallo' Chronicle:
      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."
      (transliterated and translated by William P. Cummings)

References

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  • Anthony Jukes (2006) Makassarese (basa Mangkasara'): A description of an Austronesian language of South Sulawesi (PhD)[1], Department of Linguistics and Applied Linguistics, University of Melbourne
  • William Cummings (2007) A Chain of Kings: The Makassarese chronicles of Gowa and Talloq[2], KITLV Press
  • Noorduyn, Jacobus (1991) “The Manuscripts of the Makasarese Chronicle of Goa and Talloq: An Evaluation”, in Bijdragen Tot de Taal-, Land- en Volkenkunde, volume 147, number 4, →DOI, pages 454–484