OUTOFPAPUA database: Lexicons of the West Papuan language area

Entry record from Schapper (2020): Wersing Peitoko

arakes[araˈkɛs]

Morphological form: arak-es

•  n. unhusked rice; rice grain.beras.

Neta ol pok arakes medina, irebeng lai.I get rice for the child to make mush., Saya mengambil beras masak bubur.

Etymology: Second element -es is likely a borrowing of Timor Austronesian, e.g., Tokodede |fn{ecu}, Tetun |fn{etu} 'rice, food, sustenance'

See also: arak