OUTOFPAPUA database: Lexicons of the West Papuan language area

Entry record from Schapper (2020): Wersing Peitoko

keng[ˈkɛŋ]

•  n. cloth; rectangular piece of material that is not sown into a garment(eng).kain; selimut; sarong; barang yg ditenun dr benang kapas(ind).

keng ikared cloth(eng), kain merah(ind)

Neta keng se.I'm going to wear a cloth around the waist.(eng), Saya memakai sarong.(ind)

Origin: Likely borrowing of Malay |fn{kain} 'cloth'.