OUTOFPAPUA database: Lexicons of the West Papuan language area

Entry record from Schapper (2020): Wersing Peitoko

lku[lˈku]

•  n. Asian Palm Civet(eng).musang(ind).

Lku ba bong kdar mina.There's a civet in the tree hollow.(eng), Musang ada di lubang kayu.(ind)

Scientific name: Paradoxurus hermaphroditus

Origin: Austronesian languages both to the East and West frequently have a term related to this, e.g., Tokodede |fn{laku}, Erai |fn{laku}, Bungku |fn{laku} 'civet'.

See also: maulukluk