OUTOFPAPUA database: Lexicons of the West Papuan language area

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

Page number: 445

*kuni

•  tumeric.

Note: WAWₕ, BNGₕ (Saro, Rahim, et al. 1982:49), MRBₕ (Esser 1927:67), PAD (Lara, Larobu, et al. 1991:30), TOLₕ, MEKₕ: kuni. [PMP *kunij ‘rootcrop (yellow)’ (Dempwolff, in Zorc 1971 1988)]