The Austronesian Comparative Dictionary

Words for colorful; dappled, of a horse in Tetun

makerik

Roots
*-rik
PMP
PMP burik speckled
barik mottled, striped
WMP
Ilokano turík freckle, lentigo; freckled
Karo Batak curik covered with fine speckles (Also 'grain in wood; veining; long parallel lines (broken or otherwise) in cloth patterns')
Malay kurek speckled, of a fowl’s markings
lorék very delicate markings (of certain markings on snakes, markings seen in certain lights only, scratches on a polished surface, etc.)
Madurese balurik spotted
CMP
Tetun makerik colorful; dappled, of a horse