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

Etymology

Unknown, probably inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *wasay (“axe”).

Noun

*bəsi

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
  - > Indonesian: besi (inherited)
  - → Dairi Batak: besi
  - → Karo Batak: besi
  - → Toba Batak: bosi / ᯅᯬᯘᯪ
  - → Bau Bidayuh: bosi
  - → Bilba: besi
  - → Bima: βesi
  - → Buginese: bessi
  - → Old Javanese: wesi
    - > Javanese: wesi (inherited)
  - → Kambera: báhi
  - → Komodo: besi
  - → Makasar: bassi
  - → Malagasy: vy
  - → Mandar: bassi
  - → Manggarai: besi
  - → Ngaju: wasi
  - → Rejang: besey
  - → Rembong: besi
  - → Sundanese: ᮘᮩᮞᮤ (beusi)
  - → Tae': bassi
  - → Tausug: basi'
  - → Tetum: besi
- Minangkabau: basi (“iron”)