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Makasar
Etymology
Probably from Proto-South Sulawesi *ka-raya-an (“greatness”). Cognate to Buginese arung.
Pronunciation
Noun
karaeng (Lontara spelling ᨀᨑᨕᨙ)
- 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 is not known, there are two dangers: either we will feel ourselves to be kings too, or outsiders will call us common people.
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 said to me, "At my conquest of the Tallumbocco , not a branch did I break. A sum of three hundred catties of my own gold did I present, did I distribute."
References
- Anthony Jukes (2006) Makassarese (basa Mangkasara'): A description of an Austronesian language of South Sulawesi (PhD), Department of Linguistics and Applied Linguistics, University of Melbourne
- William Cummings (2007) A Chain of Kings: The Makassarese chronicles of Gowa and Talloq, 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