taralle

Makasar

Etymology

From tar- +‎ alle (“to take”).

Adjective

taralle (Lontara spelling ᨈᨑᨒᨙ)

1. in demand; selling well (of merchandise)

   Tarallengasemmi baluʼ-balukangku

   All my merchandise is already sold out / in demand.

2. easily caught

   ...tarallengasenginjo pabotoroka

   ...all those gamblers are easily caught.

Derived terms

affixations

• katarallèi
• pataralle

Further reading

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