OUTOFPAPUA database: Lexicons of the West Papuan language area

Entry record from Schapper (2020): Wersing Peitoko

uteng[uˈtɛŋ]

•  n. vegetable, leafy greens.sayur.

Neta uteng leuli.I water the vegetables., Saya menyiram sayur.

Etymology: Austronesian; cf. PMP *qutan 'small; wild herbaceous plants; scrub-land; bush' (ACD). Possible source languages found on all sides of Alor.

Etymology: bibref R003

See also: kol teng

Source: Hans Retebana