Where does “pare” come from?

pare (Toraja-Sa'dan) comes from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian pajay, from Proto-Austronesian pajay — paddy rice unmilled, rice plants.

pare (Toraja-Sa'dan): paddy unmilled rice, rice plant

Definitions

  1. paddy unmilled rice, rice plant

Ancestry of “pare”, step by step

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