OUTOFPAPUA database: Lexicons of the West Papuan language area

Entry record from Ray (2003a): Meriam

Page number: 167

mo

•  n. a shell.

Scientific name: Cypraea or Bulla

mo-kepu

•  n. a mottled cowry shell hung in doorway of house.

Scientific name: Cypraea argus

mo-pert

•  n. a cowry with a broad brown edge.

mo-siu

(1) n. an ochre of a deep yellow colour.

(2) adj. orange coloured.