bilkai papaya

Part of Speech n
Pronunciation bilˈkaj ~ biliˈkaj
Borrowed Word Unknown Austronesian source, combining a cognate of Makasar ‹bila› 'bael, Aegle marmelos' plus a reflex of *kahiw 'tree, wood' (ACD). In Wersing and the other East Alor languages, there was a semantic shift from 'bael' to 'papaya'. Pantar and West Alor languages retain the meaning 'bael'.