OUTOFPAPUA database: Lexicons of the West Papuan language area

Entry record from Danckaerts & Wiltens (1623): Moluccan Malay

Page number: 70

alas

•  something that is laid under something else, like a plank or a mat to put rice or something on top of it.'t ghene ergens onder gheleyt wert, op datter yets anders op gheleyt werde, ghelijckmen soude seggen, dat plancken ofte matten op de vloer geleyt worden, om rijs of dierghelijcke daer op te legghen.