OUTOFPAPUA database: Lexicons of the West Papuan language area

Entry record from Visser (2020): Kalamang

don iriskap[don iˈriskap̚]

•  Noun. sugar (used when speakers want to conceal that there is no sugar when there are guests in the house); lit. white cloth or white stuff, also used as such(eng).gula (bahasa halus); kain putih; barang putih(ind).

Don iriskap koyet neba mindi muap.The sugar is finished, what do we eat now.(eng), Gula habis apa kita makan.(ind)

Semantic domain: food, cooking, fire

See also: don, iriskap