OUTOFPAPUA database: Lexicons of the West Papuan language area

Entry record from Schapper (2020): Wersing Peitoko

mad[ˈmad]

•  vt. cook; boil in water(eng).masak(ind).

Nea gai bongkou ba mada lmang irada lai.My mother cooked the cassava until it became sloppy.(eng), Ibu saya masak ubikayu sampai hancur sekali.(ind)

Origin: Austronesian, cf. PCEMP *madar 'ripe, overripe' (ACD). Possibly from Tokodede |fn{mada(sa)} 'ripe, cooked'.

Origin: bibref R003

See also: pter mad