Where does “parei” come from?

parei (Bakumpai) comes from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian pajay, from Proto-Austronesian pajay — paddy rice unmilled, rice plants.

parei (Bakumpai): rice (plant)

Definitions

  1. rice (plant)

Ancestry of “parei”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Malayo-Polynesianpajaypaddy unmilled rice, rice plant
2Proto-Austronesianpajaypaddy rice unmilled, rice plants
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