OUTOFPAPUA database: Lexicons of the West Papuan language area

Entry record from Schapper (2020): Wersing Peitoko

kaibilak[kajˈbilak]

•  n. milkweed.kolonsusu.

Scientific name: Calotropis gigantea

Etymology: Likely Austronesian borrowing; Initial element kai- is a reflex of PMP *kahiw 'tree, wood'