OUTOFPAPUA database: Lexicons of the West Papuan language area

Entry record from Schapper (2020): Wersing Peitoko

aska[ˈaska]

•  num. hundred(eng).ratus(ind).

aska noone hundred(eng), seratus(ind)

Origin: Possibly from Sanskrit |fn{lakṣa} 'hundred thousand', via Malay |fn{laksa}. Intermediate sources unknown. Alternative sources may be eastern Sulawesi languages, e.g., Sula |fn{saka} '100'.