OUTOFPAPUA database: Lexicons of the West Papuan language area

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

Page number: 62

kus(a)

Plural: kusal

•  n. job's tear seeds; a tassel made of kus seeds.

Scientific name: Coix lachymae

Etymology comment: Miriam kus, Kiwai kusa

kusa-doi

•  n. a pandanus frontlet.

kusad-uru

Variants: kusad-ul

•  n. a frontlet worn on the ial.

kusa-kap

•  n. a mythical gigantic bird.

kusal

•  n. a necklace; the constellation Pleiades.

kusal-zazi

•  n. a zazi with a short fringe.