OUTOFPAPUA database: Lexicons of the West Papuan language area

Entry record from Schapper (2020): Wersing Peitoko

tok[ˈtok]

(1) n. palm wine.tuak; minuman yang memabukkan.

Gnasu tok gnai gwalana, aning gmarang takwai.He get's drunk by himself drinking palm wine, then goes and gets into fights together with people., Dia sendiri minum sopi mabuk, pergi berkelahi dengan orang.

(2) n. lontar palm that is used to make palm wine.pohon lontar yang digunakan untuk membuat tuak.

Naida sikeri medi toko bong lepas.I tie the tuak palm with a ladder., Saya mengikat tangga pada pohon tuak.

Scientific name: Borassus flabellifer

Grammatical note: This meaning is chiefly found in combination with the noun bong 'tree'.

Etymology: Austronesian, cf. PMP *tuak 'palm wine' (ACD).

Etymology: bibref R003