OUTOFPAPUA database: Lexicons of the West Papuan language area

Entry record from Ray (2003b): Kala Lagaw Ya Mabuiag

Page number: 47

iruk

•  a mollusc; the snake-like yellow-plumed beche de mer.

Scientific name: probably Dolabella scapula; Holothuria coluber

Etymology comment: Miriam eroko

irukad-gamul

•  adj. purple.