Entry record from Mead (1998a): Proto-Bungku-Tolaki
Page number: 449
?*lemboN
• valley; watercourse.
Note: MRN: lebo ‘valley’; KUL: lembo ‘flow of water’ (as from a spilled glass); WAW: lembo ‘lake’; BNGₕ, MRBₕ (Adriani 1900:296): lembono (w/ 3rd sg. suffix) ‘plain, field’; PAD (Lara, Larobu, et al. 1991:34): lembo ‘valley, plains’; TOL (Youngman 1997:pers.comm.): lebo ‘valley’. [Pamona lemba, Malay lembah, PWMP *lembeŋ, or *le(m)baŋ; also *le(m)baq (dbl. *le(m)bak) ‘valley, watercourse between hills’ (Blust 1986 182)]