Entry record from Mead (1998a): Proto-Bungku-Tolaki
Page number: 473
*sowi°
• knife for harvesting rice plant.
Note: BNGₕ (Saro, Rahim, et al. 1982:90): sofi; WAWₕ, MRBₕ (Esser 1927:34), PAD (Lara, Larobu, et al. 1991:68), TOLₕ (Adriani 1914:225), MEKₕ: sowi. As a verb stem in these languages, sofi, sowi also means ‘to harvest’. [Wolio sowili ‘bamboo knife (used for cutting umbilical cord)’ (Anceaux 1987:170)]