Where does “bəli” come from?

bəli (Proto-North Sarawak) comes from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian bəli, from Proto-Austronesian bəli — to buy.

Ancestry of “bəli”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Malayo-Polynesianbəlito buy
2Proto-Austronesianbəlito buy

Words derived from “bəli”

Every word from Proto-Austronesian bəli →Every word from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian bəli →