OUTOFPAPUA database: Lexicons of the West Papuan language area

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

Page number: 179

*tənaʔ

•  [areca palm and nut; chew betel; fibres (of betel nut, sugarcane etc.) spat out after chewing].

Scientific name: Areca catechu

Note: Tdn, Tse, Tbl, Ttb təŋaʔ 'areca palm (Areca catechu) and nut; chew betel'; Tsw təŋa 'fibres (of betel nut, sugarcane etc.) spat out after chewing'.