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See also: beRas, Beras, bēras, bērās, bėras, and bǽras

Balinese

Etymology

Borrowed from Old Javanese bĕras, bras (“rice”), from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *bəʀas, from Proto-Austronesian *bəʀas. Doublet of baas.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /bəras/

Noun

beras (Balinese script ᬩᭂᬭᬲ᭄) (alus mider)

uncooked rice
Synonyms: (andap) baas, (alus singgih) galih

Derived terms

beberasan

Further reading

“beras”, in Balinese–Indonesian Dictionary [Kamus Bahasa Bali–Indonesia] (in Balinese), Denpasar, Indonesia: The Linguistic Center of Bali Province [Balai Bahasa Provinsi Bali]

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Indonesian

Indonesian Wikipedia has an article on:

beras

Etymology

From Malay beras, from Proto-Malayic *bəras, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *bəʀas, from Proto-Austronesian *bəʀas.

Pronunciation

(Standard Indonesian) IPA^(key): /bəˈras/ [bəˈras]
Audio: (file)
Rhymes: -as
Syllabification: be‧ras

Noun

bêras (plural beras-beras)

milled uncooked rice
grain: the harvested seeds
Synonyms: biji-bijian, butir-butiran

Derived terms

See also

nasi (“cooked rice”)
- nasi goreng (“fried rice”)
padi (“unmilled rice”)
sawah (“paddy field”)

References

“beras”, in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia [Great Dictionary of the Indonesian Language] (in Indonesian), Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016

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Javanese

Javanese Wikipedia has an article on:

beras

Etymology

Inherited from Old Javanese bĕras, bras (“rice”), from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *bəʀas, from Proto-Austronesian *bəʀas.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /bəras/

Noun

beras (Carakan script ꦧꦼꦫꦱ꧀) (ngoko)

uncooked rice
Synonym: (krama) wos

Further reading

The Linguistic Center of Yogyakarta (2011), “beras”, in Kamus Basa Jawa (Bausastra Jawa) [Javanese Language Dictionary (Javanese Dictionary)] (in Javanese), 2nd edition, Yogyakarta: Kanisius, →ISBN

Karo Batak

Etymology

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

Noun

beras

rice (raw seeds used as food)

Latin

Adjective

bērās

accusative feminine plural of bērus

Malay

Malay Wikipedia has an article on:

beras

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /bəras/
Rhymes: -əras, -ras, -as

Noun

beras (Jawi spelling برس, plural beras-petas)

uncooked rice
(obsolete) any grain (of plant pollen)
Synonyms: butir, biji, debu

Derived terms

Descendants

Indonesian: beras
→ Nias: beras
→ Palauan: beras

See also

nasi (“cooked rice”)
padi (“paddy plant”)
sawah (“paddy field”)

References

Pijnappel, Jan (1875), “برس bĕras”, in Maleisch-Hollandsch woordenboek, John Enschede en Zonen, Frederik Muller, page 50
Wilkinson, Richard James (1901), “برس bĕras”, in A Malay-English dictionary, Hong Kong: Kelly & Walsh limited, page 96
Wilkinson, Richard James (1932), “bĕras”, in A Malay-English dictionary (romanised), volume I, Mytilene, Greece: Salavopoulos & Kinderlis, pages 125-6
“beras”, in Kamus Dewan [The Institute Dictionary] (in Malay), Fourth edition, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2005, →ISBN

Further reading

"beras" in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu (PRPM) [Malay Literary Reference Centre (PRPM)] (in Malay), Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017

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Palauan

Etymology

Borrowed from Malay beras.

Noun

beras

rice

References

beras in Palauan Language Online: Palauan-English Dictionary, at tekinged.com.

beras in Palauan-English Dictionary, at trussel2.com.

beras in Lewis S. Josephs; Edwin G. McManus; Masa-aki Emesiochel (1977), Palauan-English Dictionary, University Press of Hawaii, →ISBN, page 16.

Sasak

Etymology

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

Noun

beras

rice (raw seeds used as food)

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