birah
Malay
Etymology
From Proto-Malayic *birah, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *biʀaq, from Proto-Austronesian *biʀaq (“wild taro, elephant's ear or itching taro”).
Noun
birah (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
Affixed 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
- Indonesian: birah
Derived terms
Affixed terms and other derivations
Regular affixed derivations:
- kebirahan [abstract / locative] (ke-an)
Further reading
- “birah” in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu | Malay Literary Reference Centre, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017.
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