mate basa

Makasar

Etymology

From mate (“dead; to die”) +‎ basa (“wet; bleeding”).

Verb

mate basa (Lontara spelling ᨆᨈᨙ ᨅᨔ or 𑻥𑻦𑻵𑻤𑻰)

  1. (intransitive) to die in childbirth; to die during childbearing or postpartum confinement

Further reading

  • Cense, A. A. (1979), Makassaars-Nederlands woordenboek [Makasar-Dutch dictionary], 's-Gravenhage: Martinus Nijhoff, →ISBN, pages 82-83
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