OUTOFPAPUA database: Lexicons of the West Papuan language area

Entry record from Schapper (2020): Wersing Peitoko

aros[aˈros]

•  vt. rub; sand down; make smooth.gosok.

Bong ba aroste.Sand down the wood., Gosok kayu itu dulu.

Etymology: Possible Timorese Austronesian borrowing, e.g., Tokodede |fn{rose} 'rub, scrape'. Initial /a/ may be prothetic to avoid an initial /r/.