Where does “vagas” come from?

vagas (Coastal Kadazan) comes from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian bəʀas, from Proto-Austronesian bəʀas — rice.

vagas (Coastal Kadazan): husked rice

Definitions

  1. husked rice

Ancestry of “vagas”, step by step

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