OUTOFPAPUA database: Lexicons of the West Papuan language area

Entry record from Schapper (2020): Wersing Peitoko

=e[=e]

•  tag. question tag that cliticizes to the end of the clause.-kan; klitik yang digunakan untuk membuat klausa pertanyaan.

Markus gdai kane?Has Markus already come back?, Markus sudah naik?

Aida lailole?Are you walking?, Kau jalan?

Phonological note: The enclitic triggers metathesis on metathesizing roots and replaces a final vowel on non-metathesizing roots.

See also: taipe