Reconstruction:Proto-Austronesian/bəʀas

This Proto-Austronesian 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-Austronesian

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Etymology

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Compare Proto-Sino-Tibetan *b-ras (rice; fruit; bear fruit; round object), whence Tibetan འབྲས ('bras).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /bəʀaç/, /bəraç/

Noun

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*bəʀas

  1. rice ((raw) seeds used as food)

Descendants

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  • East Formosan
    • Ami
      • Amis: felac
    • Kavalanic
  • Proto-Malayo-Polynesian: *bəʀas
    • Nuclear Malayo-Polynesian
      • Central Malayo-Polynesian
        • Sumba-Flores
          • Ende-Manggarai
        • Timor-Babar
          • Nuclear Timor
            • East Timor
              • Tetumic
      • Western Malayo-Polynesian
        • North Bornean
          • Southwest Sabah
          • Greater Barito
            • Barito
              • East Barito
              • West Barito
                • South West Barito
            • North Sarawakan
              • Berawan-Kelabitic
                • Berawan-Lower Baram
                • Kelabitic
              • Kayan-Murik
                • Modang-Kayan
              • Melanau-Bintulu
        • Philippine
          • Central Philippine
            • Bikol
              • Coastal Bikol
            • Mansakan
            • Palawan
            • Tagalog: bigás
            • Visayan
              • Cebuano: bugás
              • Central Visayan
                • Peripheral Visayan
              • Western Visayan
          • Gorontalo–Mongondow
            • Mongondowic
          • Mindanao
            • Danao
              • Maranao: begas (cooked rice)
            • Subanun-Manobo
              • Manobo
                • Central Manobo
                  • West Central Manobo
                    • Western Bukidnon Manobo: beGas
                • North Manobo
          • Northern Philippine
            • Central Luzon
            • Northern Luzon
              • Northern Cordilleran
              • South–Central Cordilleran languages
                • Central Cordilleran
                  • Nuclear Cordilleran
                    • Bontoc-Kankanay
                    • Ifugao
                • South Cordilleran
          • Sangiric: *biʀas
            • North-Sangirese
          • Southern Mindoro
        • Celebic
          • Kaili-Pamona
            • Northern Kaili-Pamona
              • Pamona
        • Chamorro: pugas
        • Old Javanese: weas
        • Lampung
        • Malayo-Sumbawan
        • Moklen-Moken
        • Northwest Sumatran
          • Batak
            • Northern Batak
              • Dairi Batak: beras (fruit)
              • Karo Batak: beras
            • Southern Batak
              • Toba Batak: boras (rice)
            • Northern Barrier Islands
        • Rejang: blas
        • South Sulawesi
  • Northern Formosan
    • Atayalic
  • Paiwanic
    • Paiwan: vat (grain)
  • Puyuma: veRas
  • Rukai: bósə / bəʔásə
  • Tsouic