Reconstruction:Proto-Oceanic/bei

This Proto-Oceanic 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-Oceanic

Etymology

Possibly an irregular doublet of *waiʀ; see there for more.

Noun

*bei

1. water, fresh water

Descendants

• Western Oceanic
  • Roro: bei
• Southeast Solomonic
  • Bauro: bei
• Southern Oceanic
  • North–Central Vanuatu *bei
    • Torres-Banks
      • Hiw: pē
      • Lo-Toga: pē
      • Mwotlap: bē
      • Vera'a: bē
      • Vurës: bē
      • Mota: pei
      • Dorig: bē
    • Espiritu Santo
      • Merei: bei
      • Piamatsina: pei
      • Tolomako: tei
      • Vunapu: pei

References

• M. Ross, A. Pawley, M. Osmond, editors (1998), The Lexicon of Proto-Oceanic‎^[1], volume 1: Material Culture, Australian National University, →ISBN, page 57
• Blust, Robert; Trussel, Stephen; et al. (2023) “*wahiR”, in the CLDF dataset from The Austronesian Comparative Dictionary (2010–), →DOI
• Blust, Robert; Trussel, Stephen (2010–), “*wahiʀ”, in The Austronesian Comparative Dictionary