Entry record from Mead (1998a): Proto-Bungku-Tolaki
Page number: 471
*saqaQ
Variants: *saqoQ
• bad; ugly.
Note: MRN (Adriani 1914:239): mosao; KUL, BNGₕ (Adriani 1900:252): mosa'o; MRBₕ (Adriani 1900:292): masa'o; MRA (Adriani 1900:292): masa'a; PAD (Lara, Larobu, et al. 1991:64): mosa'a ‘bad, foul, rotten’; TOLₕ (Muthalib, Alimuddin, Chalik, et al. 1985:113), MEK (Adriani 1914:237): sa'a ‘ugly, bad, rotten, foul’. The distribution of final o in Eastern languages and final a in Western languages is unexplained. [PMP *zaqet, *zaqat ‘bad, evil’ (Blust 1981c 165)]