Where does “bera” come from?

bera (Kelabit) comes from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian bəʀas, from Proto-Austronesian bəʀas — rice.

bera (Kelabit): rice

Definitions

  1. rice

Ancestry of “bera”, step by step

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