berasaʼ

Makasar

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *bəʀas, from Proto-Austronesian *bəʀas.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈberasaʔ/

Noun

berasaʼ (Lontara spelling ᨅᨙᨑᨔ)

1. husked rice (milled raw seeds used as food)

Descendants

• Burarra: birracha
• Dhuwal: berratha'
• Gunwinggu: birradjdja
• Iwaidja: birraja
• Maung: pirraja
• Tiwi: pirraja

See also

• ase, pare (“rice plant”)
• kanre, kaʼdoʼ (“cooked rice”)