OUTOFPAPUA database: Lexicons of the West Papuan language area

Entry record from Schapper (2020): Wersing Peitoko

=du[=du]

•  part. all; floating post-verbal universal quantifer; denotes that a particular group of referents is wholly implicated in an event or that an individual displays a proper wholly..semua.

Nanal ba ayekeldu.These things are all light., Semua barang ini ringan.

Sin deing ino dupaing ali gkodu.Chinese people have now bought all the beeswax., Orang cina sekarang beli lilin.

Ol mrung poko deina balisi gtaidu.Give the little children food so that they will all sleep., Anak-anak diberi makan supaya mereka tidur.

Gaida aningkang gberdu.He is a person who is strong in all things., Dia orang kuat semua.

Source: Hans Retebana