sauru'

Makasar

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈsauruʔ]

Verb

sauru' (Lontara spelling ᨔᨕᨘᨑᨘ)

1. 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)