OUTOFPAPUA database: Lexicons of the West Papuan language area

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

Page number: 138

*buku

•  knee; joint; knot.

Note: Tdn wuku, Tse, Tbl buku 'joint, knuckle, knot'; Ttb wuku 'joint, knuckle, knot'; (Langoan) 'knee'; Tsw buhu 'knee; knuckle, joint' [San buku 'knee, joint, knot (in wood)'; PPh *buku 'joint; knot'].