Reconstruction:Proto-Austronesian/bəʀas

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 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

References

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