birah

Malay

Etymology

From Proto-Malayic *birah, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *biʀaq, from Proto-Austronesian *biʀaq (“wild taro, elephant's ear or itching taro”).

Noun

birah (Jawi spelling بيره, plural birah-birah or birah2)

  1. Alocasia spp., especially Alocasia macrorrhizos
  2. Limahlania crenulata, a species of flowering plant

Derived terms

Affixed terms and other derivations

Irregular affixed derivations, other derivations and compound words:

  • birah air (“Aglaonema marantifolium”)
  • birah hitam (“Alocasia longiloba”)
  • birah kecil (“Typhonium roxburghii”)
  • birah keladi (“Colocasia esculenta”)

Descendants

  • Indonesian: birah

Adjective

birah (Jawi spelling بيره, comparative lebih birah, superlative paling birah)

  1. (figurative) libidinous, lewd, lustful

Derived terms

Affixed terms and other derivations

Regular affixed derivations:

  • kebirahan [abstract / locative] (ke-an)

Further reading

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