Where does “bara” come from?

bara (Iban) comes from Proto-Malayic *bara(ʔ), from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian baʀah, from Proto-Austronesian baʀah — ember; glowing coal.

bara (Iban): embers, glowing coal

Definitions

  1. embers, glowing coal

Ancestry of “bara”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Malayic*bara(ʔ)live coal
2Proto-Malayo-Polynesianbaʀahember; glowing coal
3Proto-Austronesianbaʀahember; glowing coal
Every word from Proto-Austronesian baʀah →Every word from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian baʀah →Every word from Proto-Malayic *bara(ʔ) →
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