birah
Malay
editEtymology
editFrom Proto-Malayic *birah, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *biʀaq, from Proto-Austronesian *biʀaq (“wild taro, elephant's ear or itching taro”).
Noun
editbirah (Jawi spelling بيره, plural birah-birah, informal 1st possessive birahku, 2nd possessive birahmu, 3rd possessive birahnya)
- Alocasia spp., especially Alocasia macrorrhizos
- Limahlania crenulata, a species of flowering plant
Derived terms
editAffixed terms and other derivations
Irregular affixed derivations, other derivations and compound words:
- birah air (“Aglaonema marantifolium”)
- birah hitam (“Alocasia longiloba”)
- birah kecil (“Typhonium roxburghii”)
- birah keladi (“Colocasia esculenta”)
Descendants
edit- Indonesian: birah
Adjective
editbirah (Jawi spelling بيره)
Derived terms
editAffixed terms and other derivations
Further reading
edit- “birah” in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu | Malay Literary Reference Centre, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017.
Categories:
- Malay terms inherited from Proto-Malayic
- Malay terms derived from Proto-Malayic
- Malay terms inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian
- Malay terms derived from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian
- Malay terms inherited from Proto-Austronesian
- Malay terms derived from Proto-Austronesian
- Malay lemmas
- Malay nouns
- Malay adjectives
- ms:Polynesian canoe plants