Entry record from Schapper (2020): Wersing Peitoko
ali[aˈli]
• vt. buy; purchase.beli; belanja.
Sini sobo mi neta keng badu ali.In the store I bought clothes., Di toko saya membeli pakaian.
Neya gali kira medi nepar gemei alia.My mother's brideprice of gongs and moko drums was used to pay (the brideprice of) my uncle's wife., Belis mama dipakai untuk membeli isteri om.
Etymology: Austronesian, cf. PMP *beli 'buy, value, price; marriage prestations, brideprice; purchase' (ACD). Probably a South or Southeast Sulawesi language like Buton |fn{ali} 'buy'.
Etymology: bibref R003