OUTOFPAPUA database: Lexicons of the West Papuan language area

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

Page number: 452

*lua°

•  broad; wide.

Note: MRN (Muthalib, Pattiasina, et al. 1983:25), BNGₕ, MRBₕ (Esser 1927:33): molue (e unexplained); PAD (Lara, Larobu, et al. 1991:38), MRA (Esser 1927:33): molue; TOLₕ: molua. According to Esser (1927:30), the Tinompo dialect of Mori Bawah has both molue ‘great in surface area, extensive, vast, broad’ and molua ‘spacious’, compare also Padoe (Lara, Larobu, et al. 1991:37): malua ‘spacious’ «luas».