tallassi

== Makasar == === Etymology === From tallasaʼ +‎ -i. === Verb === tallassi (Lontara spelling ᨈᨒᨔᨗ) (transitive) to let live; to bring to life; to keep alive (transitive, euphemistic) to extinguish; to put out (e.g., a fire or lamp, referring to "killing" the fire in a polite/auspicious way) === Further reading === Cense, A. A. (1979), Makassaars-Nederlands woordenboek, 's-Gravenhage: Martinus Nijhoff, →ISBN