OUTOFPAPUA database: Lexicons of the West Papuan language area

•  to pinch; squeeze.

Note: MRN (D. Andersen 1997:pers.comm.): mekukuti ‘pinch’; BNGₕ: mongkukui; MRBₕ: kukuti-o; TOL (Youngman 1997:pers.comm.): mokukuti ‘pinch with fingernails’. [PAN *ku(Ct)ku(Ct) ‘claw, scratch; dig into’ (Blust 1970 221)]