OUTOFPAPUA database: Lexicons of the West Papuan language area

•  coconut husk.

Note: MRN (S. Andersen 1995b:29): mobenuti (transitive) ‘husk (coconuts)’; BNG (Saro, Rahim, et al. 1982:14): benu ‘coconut husk’; ROU, BAH, MRB, PAD, MRA, WAR: benu ‘coconut’; TOL (Youngman 1997:pers.comm.): benu ‘coconut husk’ (fibrous part). [PWMP *benut ‘fibrous husk of coconut’ (Blust 1983-1984 48)]