OUTOFPAPUA database: Lexicons of the West Papuan language area

Entry record from Schapper (2020): Wersing Peitoko

samarai[saˈmaraj]

•  n. citrus.jeruk.

Samarai akar naung.Oranges are not sour., Jeruk tidak assam.

Etymology: Likely borrowing from Timorese Austronesian. This Wersing item appears to involve a form {sa-} a reduction of a form like Tetun |fn{sabraka} 'orange' plus a form similar to Tetun |fn{malae} 'foreign'. Tetun not likely the source here.

See also: mud

Source: Hans Retebana