Reconstruction:Proto-Malayic/bəli

This Proto-Malayic 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-Malayic

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *bəli, from Proto-Austronesian *bəli.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /bəli/

Verb

*bəli

to buy (to obtain for money)

Descendants

Kendayan: bali
Ibanic
- Iban: bəlɪi̯
- Keninjal: boli
- Mualang: bəlí
- Seberuang: bəley
Nuclear Malayic
- Malay: beli
  - Indonesian: beli
- Brunei Malay: bali
- Kedah Malay: beli
- Central Malay: beli
- Minangkabau: bali
- Negeri Sembilan Malay: boli
- Pattani Malay: บือลี (bəli)
Urak Lawoi': เบอลี (beli)

References

Adelaar, K. A. (1992) Proto-Malayic: The reconstruction of its phonology and parts of its lexicon and morphology‎^[1], Canberra: The Australian National University
Blust, Robert; Trussel, Stephen; et al. (2023) “*beli”, in the CLDF dataset from The Austronesian Comparative Dictionary (2010–), →DOI
Smith, A. (2017) The Languages of Borneo: A Comprehensive Classification, University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa