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(eng).-kan; klitik yang digunakan untuk membuat klausa pertanyaan(ind).

Markus gdai kane?Has Markus already come back?(eng), Markus sudah naik?(ind)

Aida lailole?Are you walking?(eng), Kau jalan?(ind)

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

See also: taipe