OUTOFPAPUA database: Lexicons of the West Papuan language area

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

Page number: 447

*lalo

•  to pass; to exceed.

Note: MRN (Muthalib, Pattiasina, et al. 1983:17): kolalo ‘exceed’; WAW (Manyambeang, Mahmoed, et al. 1982/1983:63, 123): lalo ‘past, over’, also ‘most’ (superlative degree); PAD (Lara, Larobu, et al. 1991:32): lalo ‘pass’; TOL (Muthalib, Alimuddin, Chalik, et al. 1985:62): lalo ‘to pass; very, too’. [PWMP *lalaw ‘exceed, surpass, go beyond’ (Blust 1986 174)]