OUTOFPAPUA database: Lexicons of the West Papuan language area

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

Page number: 148

*kəməs

•  wring out; squeeze; wash clothes.

Note: Tdn, Tse, Tbl kəməs 'wash clothes'; Ttb, Tsw kəməs 'wring out, squeeze; wash clothes' [PAN (Blust) *kemes 'held or squeezed in hollow of hand'].