OUTOFPAPUA database: Lexicons of the West Papuan language area

Entry record from Schapper (2020): Wersing Peitoko

sakalela[sakaˈlɛla]

•  vi. dance in a particular style performed by men(eng).menari (misalnya laki-laki)(ind).

Gewe sakalela.He is dancing.(eng), Dia yang menari.(ind)

Origin: Moluccan Malay |fn{cakalele}, possibly via a Moluccan trading language such as Geser-Goram.