OUTOFPAPUA database: Lexicons of the West Papuan language area

Entry record from Mead (1998a): Proto-Bungku-Tolaki

Page number: 436

*holay

•  fry without oil.

Note: MRN (Adriani 1914:240): hole ‘bake’; KUL: hole ‘fry’; BNG (Adriani 1900:253): monsole ‘roast’, MRB (Esser 1927:33) mohole ‘roast or broil in a dry pot’; MRA (Adriani 1900:300): moholei ‘roast’; PAD (Lara, Larobu, et al. 1991:20): moholai ‘fry dry’; TOL (Youngman 1997:pers.comm.): mohole ‘fry something without oil’ (as peanuts, coffee beans). [PMP *saŋelaR ‘to fry’ (Blust 1983/1984:111)]