Entry record from Mead (1998a): Proto-Bungku-Tolaki
Page number: 471
*sawi°
• mount; ascend; ride in/on.
Note: KUL: sawi ‘ride in/on’; MRB (Esser 1933:366): pesawia ‘something which one rides or mounts; riding animal’; PAD (Lara, Larobu, et al. 1991:64): mesawi ‘ride’; TOL (Muthalib, Alimuddin, Chalik, et al. 1985:117): sawitako (stem) ‘mount, ride’ «naik».