OUTOFPAPUA database: Lexicons of the West Papuan language area

Entry record from Schapper (2020): Wersing Peitoko

dek[ˈdɛk]

•  n. trousers; pants(eng).celana(ind).

deke lmukullong pants(eng), celana panjang(ind)

deke tukshorts; short trousers(eng), celana pendek(ind)

Origin: Alorese |fn{deko} 'trousers', perhaps ultimately from an Eastern Sulawesi language, e.g., Banggai |fn{deŋko} 'trousers, pants'.