OUTOFPAPUA database: Lexicons of the West Papuan language area

•  firefly.

Note: MRN, TOK: olimpopo ‘star’; TOL: olimbopo ‘firefly’. The semantic shift ‘firefly’ > ‘star’ is a feature of neighboring Muna, whence its probable spread into the Moronene area [Proto-Muna *kalipopo ‘star’ (Van den Berg 1991a:48), PWMP *qali-petpet, *kalim-petpet, *salimpetpet ‘firefly’ (Blust)]