Entry record from Mead (1998a): Proto-Bungku-Tolaki
Page number: 470
*rusu°
• thin; scrawny (person, animal).
Note: KUL, WAW (Manyambeang, Mahmoed, et al. 1982/1983:78), MRA (Adriani 1900:292), TOL, MEKₕ: morusu.
Note: fn 207: Compare Sneddon (1984:10) who considers Proto-Sangiric *Rusuk ‘skinny’ to reflect PPH *Rusuk ‘rib’ but the meaning is an innovation. If these Bungku-Tolaki forms also originate from *Rusuk ‘rib’, then they have been borrowed, as ordinarily PMP initial *R-> PBT *Ø.