Entry record from Mead (1998a): Proto-Bungku-Tolaki
Page number: 458
*ongo°
• harmful insect.
Note: KUL: ongo ‘white insect found on stems of cassava plants’; MRB (Esser 1933:318): ongo ‘rice bug’ «walang sangit»; PAD (Lara, Larobu, et al. 1991:49): ongo ‘kind of plant disease’; TOL (Muthalib, Alimuddin, Chalik, et al. 1985:90): ongo ‘biting grasshopper’ «walang sangit». [compare PAN *baŋaw ‘noxious insect’ (Blust 1980 42)]