OUTOFPAPUA database: Lexicons of the West Papuan language area

Entry record from Schapper (2020): Wersing Peitoko

mud[ˈmud]

•  n. lemon; sour citrus fruit(eng).lemon asam; sejenis jeruk(ind).

mudu iralemon juice(eng), air jeruk(ind)

Origin: Austronesian, cf. PMP *muntay 'kind of citrus tree and its fruit' (ACD). Austronesian languages both to the West frequently have a term related to this, e.g., Alorese |fn{muda} 'orange'.

Origin: bibref R003

See also: samarai