OUTOFPAPUA database: Lexicons of the West Papuan language area

Entry record from Schapper (2020): Wersing Peitoko

kinaring[kiˈnariŋ]

•  n. canarium tree(eng).pohon kenari(ind).

kinaring bongcanarium tree(eng), pohon kenari(ind)

Kinaring bong podaThe canarium tree has been snapped.(eng), Pohon kenari patah.(ind)

Scientific name: Canarium vulgare

Origin: Likely borrowing |fn{kenari} 'canarium'. The final velar nasal in Wersing is unexplained.

Source: Hans Retebana