OUTOFPAPUA database: Lexicons of the West Papuan language area

Entry record from Schapper (2020): Wersing Peitoko

-dai[-ˈdaj]

(1) vi. come up; ascend towards deictic centre.datang dengan naik.

Ydai nalengte.You lot come up to me here., Kamu naik ke saya dulu.

Neta ol pok skau gdai.I lift the child up to cradle., Saya angkat anak untuk gendong.

(2) vi. come landwards; arrive.mengarah ke darat.

Neta nespir be gmekeng gdai leser.I pull the canoe up onto dry land., Saya menarik perahuku ke darat.

(3) vi. arrive by boat.datang lewat perahu.

Mdalisa saku idem gdai ge.Yesterday an important person arrive., Besok orang besar datang.

(4) vi. (of earthquake) shake.(misalnya gempa) bergoyang.

Kome gdaite sobo ba birasi.The earthquake shook and the house collapsed.

See also: wong dai