OUTOFPAPUA database: Lexicons of the West Papuan language area

Entry record from Mead (1998a): Proto-Bungku-Tolaki

Page number: 477

*tasoN

•  sharp.

Note: WAWₕ: mentasu; BNGₕ (Adriani 1900:254): mentaso; MRB (Adriani 1900:289): montaso; PAD (Lara, Larobu, et al. 1991:73): montasu; MRA (Adriani 1900:289): mondasu; TOLₕ, MEKₕ: monggaso. The Tolaki form monggaso (expected: **mondaso) is possibly the result of contamination from monggusu ‘blunt’. Final u rather than o in Wawonii and Mori Atas may have the same explanation. [PAN *taZém (Dyen & McFarland 1970 603)]