OUTOFPAPUA database: Lexicons of the West Papuan language area

Entry record from Schapper (2020): Wersing Peitoko

lekuri[lɛˈkuri]

Morphological form: le-kuri

•  vt. comb; untangle (one's hair) by drawing a comb through it.menyisir.

Mei poka genibat lekuir tuk-tuk.The girl kept combing her hair., Perempuan menyisir rambutnya terus.

Mei poka genimbat lekuri.The girl combed her hair., Perempuan menyisir rambutnya.

Etymology: Austronesian, cf. PMP *kuRis ‘scratch’ (ACD). Possibly from Tetun |fn{kuri} 'to touch lightly, to scratch lightly'.

Etymology: bibref R003

Lexical functions: Metathesised form:

See also: kaikur