berasaʼ

Makasar

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *bəʀas, from Proto-Austronesian *bəʀas.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈberasaʔ/

Noun

berasaʼ (Lontara spelling ᨅᨙᨑᨔ)

  1. husked rice (milled raw seeds used as food)

Descendants

  • → Burarra: birracha
  • → Dhuwal: berratha'
  • → Gunwinggu: birradjdja
  • → Iwaidja: birraja
  • → Maung: pirraja
  • → Tiwi: pirraja

See also

  • ase, pare (“rice plant”)
  • kanre, kaʼdoʼ (“cooked rice”)
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