Where does “parai” come from?

parai (Rungus) comes from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian pajay, from Proto-Austronesian pajay — paddy rice unmilled, rice plants.

parai (Rungus): rice plant

Definitions

  1. rice plant

Ancestry of “parai”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Malayo-Polynesianpajaypaddy unmilled rice, rice plant
2Proto-Austronesianpajaypaddy rice unmilled, rice plants
Every word from Proto-Austronesian pajay →Every word from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian pajay →