OUTOFPAPUA database: Lexicons of the West Papuan language area

•  scrape off; scratch away; make streaks.

Note: Tse kaʔis 'streak, line; make streaks'; Tbl kaʔis 'scratch away (as chicken does), sweep away'; Ttb kaʔis 'brush, sweep'; Tsw kaʔis 'streak, line; make lines/streaks; scrape off, scratch away' [PPh *ka[h]is 'scrape off'].