OUTOFPAPUA database: Lexicons of the West Papuan language area

Entry record from Schapper (2020): Wersing Peitoko

dakar[ˈdakar]

•  n. bamboo comb.sisir terbuat dari bambu.

Etymology: Likely source Buginese |fn{ʤaka} ‘comb’ possibly via a Southeast Sulawesi language, e.g., Tolaki |fn{daka} ‘comb’. The final /r/ of the Wersing form is unexplained.

See also: kaikur

Source: Hans Retebana