OUTOFPAPUA database: Lexicons of the West Papuan language area

Entry record from Schapper (2020): Wersing Peitoko

mas[ˈmas]

•  n. betel vine; betel pepper.sirih.

Mas ba sok gmidi ayang kana.That betel vine has already crept up to a height., Sirih itu sudah melata naik ke atas.

Scientific name: Piper betle

Etymology: Likely early borrowing of widely found form in Austronesian languages potential PCMP reconstruction *malus 'betel vine'.