OUTOFPAPUA database: Lexicons of the West Papuan language area

•  hiccough.

Note: KUL, BNGₕ , WAWₕ, TOLₕ, MEKₕ: mohodu ‘to hiccup’; MRBₕ (Adriani 1900:291, Esser 1927:51): hodu ‘hiccup’, mohodu ‘to hiccup’, sonsodu ‘to sob’; MRA (Adriani 1900:291): hodu ‘hiccup’. [PAN *se(n)du ‘hiccough’ (Blust 1986 292); PMP *d > PBT *d unexplained]