OUTOFPAPUA database: Lexicons of the West Papuan language area

Entry record from Schapper (2020): Wersing Peitoko

aukol[ˈawkol]

•  n. palmyra palm; leaves of which are used as wrappers for rolling tobaccos into cigarettes.daun lontar; daun koli daunnya sering digunakan untuk rokok.

Aukol medisi tbak tnai.Use the lontar leaves to have a smoke., Ambil daun koli untuk isap tembaku.

Etymology: Austronesian borrowing, likely reflecting compound of reflexes of PMP *kahiw 'tree, wood’ (ACD) plus PCMP *koli '|sc{Borassus sundaicus}' (Verheijen 1984:47). The initial part of the form is unusual and may indicate the borrowing is from Kisar |fn{au} 'tree, wood'.

Etymology: bibref R001

Etymology: bibref R003

See also: tok