< Reconstruction:Proto-Malayo-Polynesian
Reconstruction:Proto-Malayo-Polynesian/(ma-)biʀaw
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Proto-Malayo-Polynesian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /(ma)biʀaw/, /(ma)biraw/
Adjective
*(ma-)biʀaw
- blue (blue-coloured)
Descendants
- West Coast Bajau: biru
- Indonesian: biru
- Iranun: biru
- Brunei Malay: biru
- Makasar: biru (“green”)
- Malay: biru
- Tagalog: bughaw
- Makasar: gau'
See also
- *biʀaw