OUTOFPAPUA database: Lexicons of the West Papuan language area

Entry record from Schapper (2020): Wersing Peitoko

isik[iˈsik]

•  vt. descale; remove the scales from a fish.menyisik; membuang sisiknya (terutama ikan sebelum dimasak).

Teta apia isik.We are descaling the fish., Kita menyisik ikan.

Etymology: Likely Austronesian, cf. Malay |fn{sisik} 'scale of fish'

Source: Hans Retebana