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.menari (misalnya laki-laki).

Gewe sakalela.He is dancing., Dia yang menari.

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