OUTOFPAPUA database: Lexicons of the West Papuan language area

Entry record from Sneddon (1984a): Proto-Sangiric

Page number: 71

*bəmbulu

•  feather; body hair.

Note: Sangir bembuļu feather; crude word for pubic hair; Sangil βəmbú, Talaud bambuļu feather; Bantik bumbulu, Ratahan mbulu feather, body hair, fur [cf. PPh *bulu feather, hair].