anuang

anuang

Makasar

Etymology

From anu (possession) +‎ -ang.

Verb

anuang (Lontara spelling ᨕᨊᨘᨕ)

  1. (transitive) to possess; to take possession of
    Iamo ribokoa nisare iamo lalo annganuang
    He who is given it last may take possession of it (from an old legal text).

Further reading

  • Cense, A. A. (1979), Makassaars-Nederlands woordenboek [Makasar-Dutch dictionary], 's-Gravenhage: Martinus Nijhoff, →ISBN