liko-

Uneapa

Etymology

Possibly from Proto-Oceanic *ikuʀ, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *ikuʀ, from Proto-Austronesian *ikuʀ, though the etymology suffers from phonetic problems. It may have been influenced by *liqoʀ (“neck”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /liko/

Noun

liko-

1. tail

Further reading

• Terry Crowley et al, The Oceanic Languages (2013), page 364
• Johnston, R.L. 1982. "Proto-Kimbe and the New Guinea Oceanic hypothesis". In Halim, A., Carrington, L. and Wurm, S.A. editors. Papers from the Third International Conference on Austronesian Linguistics, Vol. 1: Currents in Oceanic, 59-95.