Reconstruction:Proto-Malayo-Polynesian/bəʀay

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 edit

Etymology edit

From Proto-Austronesian *bəʀay (to give).

Pronunciation edit

Verb edit

*bəʀay

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

Descendants edit

  • Celebic:
    • Saluan–Banggai:
      • Banggai: bee
  • Proto-Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian:
    • Central Malayo-Polynesian:
      • Timoric:
    • Proto-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian: *boʀe
      • Proto-Halmahera-Cenderawasih:
        • Buli (Indonesia): po
        • Dusner: be
  • Proto-Malayo-Sumbawan:
  • North Bornean:
    • Proto-North Sarawak:
  • Northwest Sumatra–Barrier Islands:
  • Proto-Philippine: *bəʀay
  • Proto-South Sulawesi:

References edit