OUTOFPAPUA database: Lexicons of the West Papuan language area

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

Page number: 483

*tukana

•  ask.

Note: MRN (Muthalib, Pattiasina, et al. 1983:41): metukana; KUL: cukana (stem); BNGₕ, WAWₕ: metukana, tumukanao; PAD (Lara, Larobu, et al. 1991:65): mesikeno ‘ask’ (i unexpl.). [from PMP *kutana ‘ask’ (Blust 1982/1983 163), with metathesis]