OUTOFPAPUA database: Lexicons of the West Papuan language area

•  cut (through).

Note: BNGₕ (Adriani 1900:270), MRB (Esser 1933:271): mompole ‘chop or cut through transversely’; PAD (Lara, Larobu, et al. 1991:56): mompole ‘cut’; TOLₕ (Muthalib, Alimuddin, Chalik, et al. 1985:101): polei, mombole ‘cut off’. [PWMP *paliq ‘wound’ (Blust 1980 333), *a > PBT *o unexplained]