OUTOFPAPUA database: Lexicons of the West Papuan language area

Variants: ?*susuQ

•  pierce.

Note: MRN (D. Andersen 1997:pers.comm.): mo'uhu ‘pierce’; KUL: mo'uhu ‘pierce, prick’ (as with a needle); TOL (Youngman 1997:pers.comm.): mo'uhu ‘stab, pierce, prick’ (instrument does not remain in object), mosusu ‘skewer’ (object remains impaled). [PAN *susuk ‘to pierce’ (Dyen & McFarland 1970 570)]