OUTOFPAPUA database: Lexicons of the West Papuan language area

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

Page number: 487

*waloh-i

•  to take revenge.

Note: MRN (Muthalib, Pattiasina, et al. 1983:42): wolohi; BNGₕ, WAWₕ, MRBₕ (Esser 1927:20): mombalo, mombalohi; TOLₕ, MEKₕ: mowalo, walo-e. Compare also Mori Bawah (Esser 1927:25) mobalasi ‘to repay’, which is clearly a doublet of walohi due to borrowing from Malay balas. [PMP *bales ‘repay, revenge’ (Dempwolff, in Zorc 1971 0762)]