Entry record from Schapper (2020): Wersing Peitoko
pter[pˈtɛr]
• n. maize; corn.jagung.
Naida pter mada.I'm cooking maize., Saya masak jagung.
Scientific name: Zea mays
Etymology: Likely ultimately from Malay |fn{batari} ‘sorghum’, but the relevant intermediates are not known, likely languages to the West. Vowels suggest this was a distinct borrowing event to that of ptori.
See also: ptori