繼承自原始占語 *braːs，繼承自原始馬來-波利尼西亞語 *bəʀas，繼承自原始南島語 *bəʀas。
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Thurgood, Graham (1999) From Ancient Cham to Modern Dialects: Two Thousand Years of Language Contact and Change[1]，Honolulu：University of Hawaii Press
