Reconstruction:Proto-Malayic/bəri(ʔ)

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 *bəʀay, from Proto-Austronesian *bəʀay (“to give”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /bəʁi/

Verb

*bəri(ʔ)

  1. to give (transfer the possession of something to someone else)

Descendants

  • Banjarese: bari
  • West Bornean Malayic
    • Ibanic
    • Western Malayic Dayak
      • Kendayan: bare'
  • Nuclear Malayic
    • Malay: beri
    • Brunei Malay: bari
    • Minangkabau: bari
    • Negeri Sembilan Malay: boghi
    • Pattani Malay: بوّي / บูวี (buwi)
  • Urak Lawoi': บรี (bri)

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) “*beRay”, 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
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