Reconstruction:Proto-Malayo-Chamic/bəsi

This Proto-Malayo-Chamic entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Proto-Malayo-Chamic

Noun

*bəsi

1. iron

Descendants

• Balinese: ᬩᭂᬲᬶ (besi, “iron”)
• Proto-Chamic: *bəsi
  • Acehnese: beusoë (“iron”)
  • Eastern Cham: bisei / ꨝꨪꨧꨬ
• Proto-Malayic: *bəsi
  • Brunei Malay: basi (“iron; metal”)
  • Malay: besi
    • → Dairi Batak: besi
    • → Karo Batak: besi
    • → Toba Batak: bosi / ᯅᯬᯘᯪ
    • → Bau Bidayuh: bosi
    • → Bilba: besi
    • → Bima: βesi
    • → Buginese: bessi
    • Indonesian: besi
    • → Old Javanese: wesi
      • Javanese: ꦮꦼꦱꦶ (wesi)
    • → Kambera: báhi
    • → Komodo: besi
    • → Makasar: bassi
    • → Malagasy: vy
    • → Mandar: bassi
    • → Manggarai: besi
    • → Ngaju: wasi
    • → Rejang: besey
    • → Rembong: besi
    • → Sundanese: ᮘᮩᮞᮤ (beusi)
    • → Tae': bassi
    • → Tetum: besi
  • Minangkabau: basi (“iron”)