OUTOFPAPUA database: Lexicons of the West Papuan language area

•  set teeth on edge.

Note: KUL: mongilu ‘sour’; PAD (Lara, Larobu, et al. 1991:46): ngilu ‘painful, hurting’ «ngilu»; TOL (Youngman 1997:pers.comm.): mongilu ‘have sensitive teeth’. [PAN *ŋilúH ‘set teeth on edge’ (Zorc 1978:111)]