Entry record from Schapper (2020): Wersing Peitoko
beting[ˈbɛtiŋ]
• n. elephant bamboo.bambu betung.
beting slubamboo shoots, tunas bambu
Nwai eka beting koli ge.I am going to cut down some bamboo., Saya pergi tebang pohon bambu licin.
Etymology: Austronesian, cf. PMP *betuŋ 'bamboo of very large diameter, probably Dendrocalamus sp.' (ACD). Possibly from Malay |fn{betuŋ} 'elephant bamboo'.
Etymology: bibref R003
See also: topol