Reconstruction:Proto-Malayic/bərat

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 *bəʀəqat.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /bəʀat/

Adjective

*bərat

heavy (having great weight)

Descendants

Banjarese: barat
West Bornean Malayic
- Ibanic
  - Iban: berat
  - Keninjal: boɣat
  - Mualang: bəɣát
  - Seberuang: bəɣat
- Western Malayic Dayak
  - Kendayan: barat
Nuclear Malayic
- Malay: berat, beghot (Natuna), beghat (Pontianak)
  - > Indonesian: berat (inherited)
- Kedah Malay: beqat
- Central Malay: beghat
- Minangkabau: barek
- Negeri Sembilan Malay: boghek
- Pattani Malay: บือรฺะ (bəṛaʔ)
Urak Lawoi': บรัยจ (brac)

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) “*beReqat”, 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