bioa

Rejang

Alternative forms

(Rawas) biol

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *wahiR. Phonetic developments can be summarised as the following: *wəir (from early *wəhiR with irregular vowel change) added with intrusive *ə (> *wəyər), then dissimilated into *wəyor and monophthongised into *wior. Finally, *w was subject into fortition and *r became *l in most instances (biol). Cognate with Malay air, Lampung Api way, Sundanese cai, etc.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [bi.ˈ(j)oa̯]

Noun

bioa (Rejang script ꤷꥇꥆꥋꥆ)

water
river

References

McGinn, Richard (2005), “What the Rawas dialect reveals about the linguistic history of Rejang”, in Oceanic Linguistics (in Rejang), volume 44, number 1, page 29