OUTOFPAPUA database: Lexicons of the West Papuan language area

Entry record from Remijsen (2017): Matbat

ha³ywa¹

•  n. poison; medicine; antidote(eng).

ma³t ta pata²¹ de¹²¹ n-a³l ha³ywa²¹ i²¹noPeople who have toothache take this cure (basil leaf)(eng)

ha³ywa¹ bu³n ma³t.Poison kills people.(eng)

Note: it could be that wa¹ refers to a poisonous kind of tree