OUTOFPAPUA database: Lexicons of the West Papuan language area

Entry record from Schapper (2020): Wersing Peitoko

beting[ˈbɛtiŋ]

•  n. elephant bamboo(eng).bambu betung(ind).

beting slubamboo shoots(eng), tunas bambu(ind)

Nwai eka beting koli ge.I am going to cut down some bamboo.(eng), Saya pergi tebang pohon bambu licin.(ind)

Origin: Austronesian, cf. PMP *betuŋ 'bamboo of very large diameter, probably Dendrocalamus sp.' (ACD). Possibly from Malay |fn{betuŋ} 'elephant bamboo'.

Origin: bibref R003

See also: topol