Reconstruction:Proto-Malayic/bəras

This Proto-Malayic 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-Malayic

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *bəʀas, from Proto-Austronesian *bəʀas.

Noun

*bəras

1. rice (raw seeds used as food)

Descendants

• Banjarese: baras
• West Bornean Malayic
  • Ibanic
    • Iban: berau
    • Keninjal: boɣas
    • Mualang: bəɣas
    • Seberuang: bəɣayh
    • Sebuyau: behas
  • Western Malayic Dayak
    • Kendayan: baras
• Nuclear Malayic
  • Malay: beras
    • Indonesian: beras
    • → Nias: beras
    • → Palauan: beras
  • Brunei Malay: baras
  • Kedah Malay: beghaih
  • Central Malay: beghas
  • Minangkabau: bareh
  • Negeri Sembilan Malay: bogheh
  • Terengganu Malay: beghah
  • Pattani Malay: بغه / บือรฺะฮ (bəṛah)
  • Urak Lawoi': บรัยฮ (bras)

References

• Adelaar, K. A. (1992), Proto-Malayic: The reconstruction of its phonology and parts of its lexicon and morphology‎^[1], Canberra: The Australian National University
• Blust, Robert; Trussel, Stephen; et al. (2023) “*beRas”, in the CLDF dataset from The Austronesian Comparative Dictionary (2010–), →DOI
• Smith, A. (2017), The Languages of Borneo: A Comprehensive Classification, University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa