OUTOFPAPUA database: Lexicons of the West Papuan language area

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

Page number: 172

*səpaʔ

•  noise of smacking lips while eating; make a noise while eating.

Note: Tdn, Tse, Tbl, Ttb, Tsw səpaʔ 'noise of smacking lips while eating; make such a noise while eating' [PPh *sepaq 'chew thoroughly'].