Entry record from Mead (1998a): Proto-Bungku-Tolaki
Page number: 448
*lea°
• flame; spicy.
Note: BNGₕ, MRBₕ (Esser 1927:67): molea ‘hot, spicy’; PAD (Lara, Larobu, et al. 1991:33): melea ‘be in flames’, molea ‘spicy’, TOL (Youngman 1997:pers.comm.): lea ‘flame’, lelea (intr.) ‘burn’. [compare PMP *laja ‘burn, smart’ (Dempwolff, in Zorc 1971 2043); the expected Western reflex of this etymon however is **leo]