[Mihalic] baret etymology

[BURTON John]

Ai bilong mi pas. 
Yes, well it could well be parit. Any dissenters?
John Burton

>John has a question about etymology for "baret".  It is likely from 
>Indonesian (parit=ditch, moat), or perhaps from proto-Austronesian. 
>John incorrectly listed the Mihalic etymology as Melanesian, but 
>Mihalic actually wrote "Mal" (Malay) not "Mel" (Melanesian).

>E.g., See p. 410 of
>Echols, John M. & Schadily, Hassan (1989). An Indonesian-English 
>Dictionary. Third Edition. Ithaca, NY: Cornell University Press.