OUTOFPAPUA database: Lexicons of the West Papuan language area

Entry record from Schapper (2020): Wersing Peitoko

ptori[pˈtori]

•  n. boiled corn.jagung yang sudah direbus.

Ptori ma lle ming mo.There's boiled corn in the pot., Jagung rebus ada di periuk.

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 pter.

See also: pter