bertih

Malay

Etymology

From Proto-Malayic *bAr(ə)tiq, possible loan from Austroasiatic.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bə(r)tih/
• Rhymes: -tih, -ih, -teh, -eh

Noun

bertih (Jawi spelling برتيه, plural bertih-bertih, informal 1st possessive bertihku, 2nd possessive bertihmu, 3rd possessive bertihnya)

1. parched rice
2. rice roasted in the husk

References

• Blust's Austronesian Comparative Dictionary – *baRetiq

Further reading

• “bertih” in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu | Malay Literary Reference Centre, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017.