Entry record from Schapper (2020): Wersing Peitoko
kdesi[kˈdɛsi]
• n. sago starch; starch extracted from the spongy centre of sago palms.makanan sagu.
Keser aning kdeisa gnai.Kisar people eat sago., Orang Kisar makan sagu.
Encyclopedic info: The Wersing do not usually eat sago. However, in the past, sago was one of the trading goods brought to Alor by people from Maluku, such as Kisar.
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