OUTOFPAPUA database: Lexicons of the West Papuan language area

•  industrious.

Note: MRN (Muthalib, et al. 1983:120), KUL, WAW (Manyambeang, Mahmoed, et al. 1982:15): mokua ‘industrious’; PAD (Lara, Larobu, et al. 1991:29): mokue ‘diligent’; MEKₕ: mokua ‘diligent’. [compare PAN *kuSa ‘work’ (Blust 1983/1984 162); the expected Western reflex however would be **-kuo]