Entry record from Mead (1998a): Proto-Bungku-Tolaki
Page number: 489
*wolay
• spread out.
Note: KUL: mowole ‘to spread out’; WAW (Manyambeang, Mahmoed, et al. 1982/1983:53): ombole (stative) ‘spread out’; PAD (Lara, Larobu, et al. 1991:85): mowola ‘open something that is wrapped up’ (expected: **wolai; possibly wola by backformation); TOL (Muthalib, Alimuddin, Chalik, et al. 1985:156): mewoleako ‘to spread out’, tewole ‘open, spread out’. [PAN *beláj ‘to spread’ (Dyen & McFarland 1970 95)]