OUTOFPAPUA database: Lexicons of the West Papuan language area

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

Page number: 436

*holua°

•  ladle.

Note: MRN (Muthalib, Pattiasina, et al. 1983:25): holue ‘spoon’ (for vegetables); BNG (Saro, Rahim, et al. 1982:88): holue ‘ladle’ (made from coconut shell); MRA (Adriani 1900:317): holue ‘ladle’, (Esser 1933:347) holue ‘a small scooper for cooked rice’; TOL (Youngman 1997:pers.comm.): moholua ‘stir something’ «mengaduk». Moronene, Bungku final e unexplained, possibly due to influence of final consonant.