OUTOFPAPUA database: Lexicons of the West Papuan language area

•  nail; hoof; claw.

Note: TAL, KUL: konuku; MEK: kuku, kukubatu, kubatu, kobatu; all others: kuku. Given the restricted distribution of konuku, its occurrence in Kulisusu and Taloki may reflect influence from Wolio. [PAN *kuSkuS ‘scrape’, *k-aN-uSkuS ‘fingernail, claw’ (Blust 1989 314)]