Reconstruction:Proto-Malayo-Polynesian/bəʀas

This Proto-Malayo-Polynesian 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-Polynesian

Etymology

From Proto-Austronesian *bəʀas.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /bəʀas/

Noun

*bəʀas

rice

Descendants

Bali-Sasak-Sumbawa
- Balinese: ᬩᬳᬲ᭄ (baas)
- Sasak-Sumbawa
  - Sasak: beras
Celebic:
- Pamona: wea
Proto-Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian:
- Sumba–Flores:
  - Manggarai: weras
- Timoric:
  - Tetum: fos
Chamorro: pugas
Proto-Chamic: *braːs
- Acehnese: breuëh
- Jarai: braih
- Rade: braih
- Tsat: phia¹¹
Greater Barito
- Barito:
  - Malagasy: vary
  - Ngaju: behas
Kayan–Murik:
- Baram Kayan: bahah
Proto-Lampungic:
- Lampung Api: bias
Proto-Malayic: *bəras
- 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)
Moklenic:
- Moken: bela
North Bornean:
- Proto-North Sarawak:
  - Berawan: bekeh
  - Bintulu: vas
  - Kelabit: bera
Northwestern Sumatra-Barrier Islands:
- Proto-Batak: *bərras
  - Dairi Batak: beras (“fruit”)
  - Karo Batak: beras
  - Toba Batak: boras (“rice”)
- Simeulue: bərae
Old Javanese: bras, wĕas
- Javanese: beras
- → Balinese: beras
- Javanese: wos
Proto-Philippine: *bəʀas
- Aklanon: bugás
- Central Bikol: bagás
- Casiguran Dumagat Agta: begés
- Cebuano: bugás
- Central Bontoc: begás (“fruit”)
- Hanunoo: bugás
- Hiligaynon: bugás
- Isnag: baggāt
- Itawit: bággat
- Kapampangan: abyás
- Kankanaey: begás
- Manobo:
  - Binukid: begas
  - Western Bukidnon Manobo: beGas
- Mansaka: bugas
- Maranao: begas (“cooked rice”)
- Mongondow: bogat
- Pangasinan: belás
- Palawan Batak: bəgás
- Tagalog: bigás
- Tuwali Ifugao: boga
- Yogad: beggat
Rejang: blas
Proto-South Sulawesi:
- Buginese: wereʔ
- Mandar: barras
- Tae': barraʔ
Sundanese: ᮘᮦᮃᮞ᮪ (béas)
Tamanic:
- Embaloh: baras