OUTOFPAPUA database: Lexicons of the West Papuan language area

Entry record from Sneddon (1978a): Proto-Minahasan

Page number: 131

*bahiʔ

•  hard outer wood of palm trees.

Note: Tdn waiʔ, Tse baiʔ, Tsw bahiʔ 'hard outer wood of palm trees'; Tbl bahiʔ 'hoe'; Ttb waiʔ 'hard outer wood of palm trees; digging implement made from this wood' [PPh *bahiq 'tree; [wood]'].