OUTOFPAPUA database: Lexicons of the West Papuan language area

Entry record from Schapper (2020): Wersing Peitoko

kbaba[kˈbaba]

•  vt. wrap up; cover up.membungkus.

Kena medisi is kbabate.Wrap yourself (lit., your body) up with a blanket., Bungkus badanmu dengan kain.

Etymology: Timor Austronesian, e.g., Tetun baban 'patch, mend', Tetun ka|baban 'concealed, hidden (behind something)'.

See also: lekbaba