Where does “wali” come from?
wali (Swahili) comes from Malagasy vary, from Proto-Malayic bəras, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian bəʀas, from Proto-Austronesian bəʀas — rice.
wali (Swahili): cooked rice; plural of mwali
Definitions
- cooked rice; plural of mwali
Ancestry of “wali”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Malagasy | vary | rice |
| 2 | Proto-Malayic | bəras | rice |
| 3 | Proto-Malayo-Polynesian | bəʀas | rice |
| 4 | Proto-Austronesian | bəʀas | rice |