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

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

Descendants

• East Formosan
  • Ami
    • Amis: felac
  • Kavalanic
    • Kavalan: beRas
• Proto-Malayo-Polynesian: *bəʀas
  • Nuclear Malayo-Polynesian
    • Central Malayo-Polynesian
      • Sumba-Flores
        • Ende-Manggarai
          • Manggarai: weras
      • Timor-Babar
        • Nuclear Timor
          • East Timor
            • Tetumic
              • Tetum: fos
    • Western Malayo-Polynesian
      • North Bornean
        • Southwest Sabah
          • Gana: bagas
        • Greater Barito
          • Barito
            • East Barito
              • Malagasy: vary
            • West Barito
              • South West Barito
                • Ngaju: behas
          • North Sarawakan
            • Berawan-Kelabitic
              • Berawan-Lower Baram
                • Berawan: bekeh
              • Kelabitic
                • Kelabit: bera
            • Kayan-Murik
              • Modang-Kayan
                • Kayan
                  • Baram Kayan: bahah
            • Melanau-Bintulu
              • Bintulu: vas
      • Philippine
        • Central Philippine
          • Bikol
            • Coastal Bikol
              • Naga
                • Bikol Central: bagás
          • Mansakan
            • Mandayan
              • Mansaka: bugas
          • Palawan
            • Palawan Batak: bəgás
          • Tagalog: bigás
          • Visayan
            • Cebuano: bugás
            • Central Visayan
              • Peripheral Visayan
                • Hiligaynon: bugás
            • Western Visayan
              • Aklanon: bugás
        • Gorontalo–Mongondow
          • Mongondowic
            • Mongondow: bogat
        • Mindanao
          • Danao
            • Maranao: begas (“cooked rice”)
          • Subanun-Manobo
            • Manobo
              • Central Manobo
                • West Central Manobo
                  • Western Bukidnon Manobo: beGas
              • North Manobo
                • Binukid: begas
        • Northern Philippine
          • Central Luzon
            • Kapampangan: abyás
          • Northern Luzon
            • Northern Cordilleran
              • Cagayan Valley
                • Isnag: baggāt
                • Ibanag–Gaddang
                  • Ibanagic
                    • Itawit: bággat
                    • Yogad: beggat
              • Casiguran Dumagat Agta: begés
            • South–Central Cordilleran languages
              • Central Cordilleran
                • Nuclear Cordilleran
                  • Bontoc-Kankanay
                    • Central Bontoc: begás (“fruit”)
                    • Kankanaey: begás
                  • Ifugao
                    • Tuwali Ifugao: boga
              • South Cordilleran
                • Pangasinic
                  • Pangasinan: belás
        • Sangiric: *biʀas
          • North-Sangirese
        • Southern Mindoro
          • Hanunoo: bugás
      • Celebic
        • Kaili-Pamona
          • Northern Kaili-Pamona
            • Pamona
              • Pamona: wea
      • Chamorro: pugas
      • Old Javanese: weas
        • Javanese: wos
      • Lampung
        • Lampung Api: bias
      • Malayo-Sumbawan
        • North-East Malayo-Sumbawan
          • Bali-Sasak-Sumbawa
            • Balinese: bahas
            • Sasak-Sumbawa
              • Sasak: beras
          • Chamic
            • Acehnese: breuëh
            • Highlands Chamic
              • Rade: braih
              • Jarai: braih
              • Tsat: phia¹¹
          • Proto-Malayic: *bəras
            • Ibanic
              • Iban: berau
              • Mualang: beras
              • Seberuang: beras
            • Malayan
              • Brunei Malay: baras
              • Malay: beras
                • Indonesian: beras
                • → Nias: beras
              • Minangkabau: bareh
            • Urak Lawoi': บรัซ (bras)
        • Sundanese: béas
      • Moklen-Moken
        • Moken: bela
      • Northwest Sumatran
        • Batak
          • Northern Batak
            • Dairi Batak: beras (“fruit”)
            • Karo Batak: beras
          • Southern Batak
            • Toba Batak: boras (“rice”)
          • Northern Barrier Islands
            • Simeulue: bərae
      • Rejang: blas
      • South Sulawesi
        • Bugis
          • Buginese: wereʔ
          • Tamanic
            • Embaloh: baras
        • Mandar: barras
        • Northern
          • Toraja-Sa’dan
            • Tae': barraʔ
• Northern Formosan
  • Atayalic
    • Atayal: buax
• Paiwanic
  • Paiwan: vat (“grain”)
• Puyuma: veRas
• Rukai: bósə / bəʔásə
• Tsouic
  • Southern Tsouic
    • Kanakanabu: və'əra
    • Saaroa: ə-vəraə
  • Tsou: fərsə