OUTOFPAPUA database: Lexicons of the West Papuan language area

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

Page number: 142

*dumun

•  nest; lair.

Note: Tdn rumun (Tondano) 'to brood (of hen)'; (Kakas) 'to sit'; Ttb rumun 'nest, lair; sit on ground'; Tsw dumun 'nest, lair; to nest' [PPh (Charles) *dumun 'wild animal's lair']. cf. *uhmun.