Where does “bahah” come from?

bahah (Baram Kayan) comes from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian bəʀas, from Proto-Austronesian bəʀas — rice.

bahah (Baram Kayan): rice

Definitions

  1. rice

Ancestry of “bahah”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Malayo-Polynesianbəʀasrice
2Proto-Austronesianbəʀasrice
Every word from Proto-Austronesian bəʀas →Every word from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian bəʀas →