OUTOFPAPUA database: Lexicons of the West Papuan language area

Entry record from Schapper (2020): Wersing Peitoko

aska[ˈaska]

•  num. hundred.ratus.

aska noone hundred, seratus

Etymology: 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'.