OUTOFPAPUA database: Lexicons of the West Papuan language area

Entry record from Schapper (2020): Wersing Peitoko

awil[aˈwil]

•  n. fishing hook.matakail.

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

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

Etymology: bibref R003