Reconstruction:Proto-Malayo-Polynesian/bəli
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Proto-Malayo-Polynesian[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Proto-Austronesian *bəli, *baliw.
Pronunciation[edit]
Verb[edit]
*bəli
- to buy (to obtain for money)
Descendants[edit]
- Philippines
- Barito
- North Bornean
- Northwest Sumatra–Barrier Islands
- Rejang: blei
- Lampungic
- Malayo-Sumbawan
- Chamic
- Malayic
- Bali–Sasak–Sumbawa
- Sundanese: beuli
- Old Javanese: wĕli
- South Sulawesi
- Makasar: balli
- Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian
References[edit]
- Blust, Robert & Stephen Trussell, Austronesian Comparative Dictionary – *beli.