Where does “bugas” come from?

bugas (Mansaka) comes from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian bəʀas, from Proto-Austronesian bəʀas — rice.

bugas (Mansaka): milled rice, white rice

Definitions

  1. milled rice, white rice

Ancestry of “bugas”, step by step

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