OUTOFPAPUA database: Lexicons of the West Papuan language area

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

Page number: 109

*təbaŋ

•  flavourless.

Note: Sangir təbaŋ to wash out in fresh water (nets, etc. soaked in salt water); to wash anus; Bantik tabáŋ lacking in salt, tasteless; Ratahan tuβáŋ tasteless, flavourless (PPh *tabqaŋ flavourless; fresh water].

Note: see footnote 234