Reconstruction:Proto-Malayo-Polynesian/balija
Proto-Malayo-Polynesian
editEtymology
editFrom 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.