Reconstruction:Proto-Malayic/bara(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 *baʀah, from Proto-Austronesian *baʀah.

Noun

*bara(ʔ)

live coal

Descendants

Banjarese: bara
West Bornean Malayic
- Ibanic
  - Iban: bara
  - Keninjal: bara
  - Mualang: bara
  - Seberuang: bara
- Western Malayic Dayak
  - Kendayan: bara
Nuclear Malayic
- Malay: bara
  - Indonesian: bara
- Brunei Malay: bara
- Central Malay: bagho
- Minangkabau: baro
- Pattani Malay: باغاوْ / บารฺอ (baṛo)

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) “*baRah”, 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