Entry record from Mead (1998a): Proto-Bungku-Tolaki
Page number: 451
*lokat-i
• peel; lift.
Note: KUL: molongkaci ‘peel off something glued or stuck’; TOL (Muthalib, Alimuddin, Chalik, et al. 1985:67): moloka ‘pull out’, lokati (stem) ‘to pick, to open, to lift up’. [PWMP *le(ŋ)kab ‘open, uncover’ (take off, pull off, peel off, get loose or unfasten) (Blust 1989 341), PMP *le(ŋ)kaq ‘to open’ (force open, unfold, untie) (Blust 1989 342)]