Reconstruction:Proto-Malayic/bəri

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 *bəʀay, from Proto-Austronesian *bəʀay (“to give”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bəri/

Verb

*bəri

1. to give (transfer the possession of something to someone else)

Descendants

• Iban: beri
• Malay: beri
  • Indonesian: beri
• Urak Lawoi': บรี (bri)

References

• Blust's Austronesian Comparative Dictionary – *beRay