OUTOFPAPUA database: Lexicons of the West Papuan language area

Entry record from Schapper (2020): Wersing Peitoko

dek[ˈdɛk]

•  n. trousers; pants.celana.

deke lmukullong pants, celana panjang

deke tukshorts; short trousers, celana pendek

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