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

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /bəʀaç/, /bəraç/

Noun

*bəʀas

rice ((raw) seeds used as food)

Descendants

Northern Formosan
- Atayalic
  - Atayal: bwax
  - Taroko: buwax
East Formosan
- Kavalanic
  - Kavalan: beRas
- Ami
  - Amis: felac
  - Sakizaya: belac
Tsouic
- Tsou: fʉesʉ
- Southern Tsouic
  - Kanakanabu: vʉra
  - Saaroa: ʉvʉraʉ
Rukai: berathe
Puyuma: beras
Paiwan: vat (“grain”)
Proto-Malayo-Polynesian: *bəʀas
- Bali-Sasak-Sumbawa
  - Balinese: ᬩᬳᬲ᭄ (baas)
  - Sasak-Sumbawa
    - Sasak: beras
- Celebic:
  - Pamona: wea
- Proto-Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian:
  - Sumba–Flores:
    - Manggarai: weras
  - Timoric:
    - Tetum: fos
- Chamorro: pugas
- Proto-Chamic: *braːs
  - Acehnese: breuëh
  - Jarai: braih
  - Rade: braih
  - Tsat: phia¹¹
- Greater Barito
  - Barito:
    - Malagasy: vary
    - Ngaju: behas
- Kayan–Murik:
  - Baram Kayan: bahah
- Proto-Lampungic:
  - Lampung Api: bias
- Proto-Malayic: *bəras
  - Ibanic
    - Iban: berau
    - Mualang: beras
    - Seberuang: beras
  - Nuclear Malayic
    - Brunei Malay: baras
    - Malay: beras
      - Indonesian: beras
      - → Nias: beras
      - → Palauan: beras
    - Minangkabau: bareh
    - Urak Lawoi': บรัซ (bras)
- Moklenic:
  - Moken: bela
- North Bornean:
  - Proto-North Sarawak:
    - Berawan: bekeh
    - Bintulu: vas
    - Kelabit: bera
- Northwestern Sumatra-Barrier Islands:
  - Proto-Batak: *bərras
    - Dairi Batak: beras (“fruit”)
    - Karo Batak: beras
    - Toba Batak: boras (“rice”)
  - Simeulue: bərae
- Old Javanese: bras, wĕas
  - Javanese: ꦧꦼꦫꦱ꧀ (beras)
  - → Balinese: ᬩᭂᬭᬲ᭄ (beras)
  - Javanese: ꦮꦺꦴꦱ꧀ (wos)
- Proto-Philippine: *bəʀas
  - Aklanon: bugás
  - Bikol Central: bagás
  - Casiguran Dumagat Agta: begés
  - Cebuano: bugás
  - Central Bontoc: begás (“fruit”)
  - Hanunoo: bugás
  - Hiligaynon: bugás
  - Isnag: baggāt
  - Itawit: bággat
  - Kapampangan: abyás
  - Kankanaey: begás
  - Manobo:
    - Binukid: begas
    - Western Bukidnon Manobo: beGas
  - Mansaka: bugas
  - Maranao: begas (“cooked rice”)
  - Mongondow: bogat
  - Pangasinan: belás
  - Palawan Batak: bəgás
  - Tagalog: bigás
  - Tuwali Ifugao: boga
  - Yogad: beggat
- Rejang: blas
- Proto-South Sulawesi:
  - Buginese: wereʔ
  - Mandar: barras
  - Tae': barraʔ
- Sundanese: ᮘᮦᮃᮞ᮪ (béas)
- Tamanic:
  - Embaloh: baras

References

Blust, Robert; Trussel, Stephen; et al. (2023) “*beRas”, in the CLDF dataset from The Austronesian Comparative Dictionary (2010–), →DOI