OUTOFPAPUA database: Lexicons of the West Papuan language area

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

Page number: 83

*kabus

•  be inadequate; lacking; a spot which remains uncovered; where the covering is inadequate; used up; to use up].

Note: Sangir kaβusəʔ be inadequate, lacking; a spot which remains uncovered, where the covering is inadequate; Ratahan kaβus used up; to use up [PPh *kabus barely; little, short (of); Tondano kawus to finish, use up].