OUTOFPAPUA database: Lexicons of the West Papuan language area

Entry record from Schapper (2020): Wersing Peitoko

kaikur[ˈkajkur]

•  n. comb, traditionally made from bamboo(eng).sisir(ind).

Teta beting medisi kaikur gpai.We make combs with bamboo.(eng), Kita membuat sisir dengan bambu.(ind)

Origin: Austronesian borrowing, likely reflecting < compound of PMP *kahiw ‘tree, wood’, PMP *kuRis ‘scratch’ (ACD).

Origin: bibref R003

See also: lekuri