OUTOFPAPUA database: Lexicons of the West Papuan language area

Entry record from Schapper (2020): Wersing Peitoko

awil[aˈwil]

•  n. fishing hook(eng).matakail(ind).

Alar ba medisi awil ba lekoi.Take the cable and tie it to the fishing hook.(eng), Ambil kawat supaya ikat pancing.(ind)

Origin: Austronesian, cf. PMP *kawil 'fish hook' (ACD). Plausible sources in the area have not been identified.

Origin: bibref R003