baniah

Minangkabau

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Malayic *bənih, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *binəhiq, from Proto-Austronesian *binəSiq (“seed set aside for the next planting”). Cognate with Malay benih, Javanese winih and Tagalog binhi.

Noun

baniah

  1. (botany) seed
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