Reconstruction:Proto-Malayo-Polynesian/balija
Proto-Malayo-Polynesian edit
Etymology edit
From Proto-Austronesian *baʀija.
Noun edit
*balija
- weaver's sword (lath used to beat in and tighten the woof)
Descendants edit
- Philippine
- Northwest Sumatra–Barrier Islands
- Malayo-Sumbawan
- Old Javanese: walira
- South Sulawesi
- Celebic
- Central Malayo-Polynesian
References edit
- Blust, Robert & Stephen Trussell, Austronesian Comparative Dictionary – *baRija.