OUTOFPAPUA database: Lexicons of the West Papuan language area

Entry record from Schapper (2020): Wersing Peitoko

ganing[gaˈniŋ]

Morphological form: g-aning

•  n. person or people from a particular location or institution.orang dari (suatu lokasi atau organisasi).

Naida Peitoko Purasi ganing.I am a person of Peitoko Purasi., Saya orang Peitoko Purasi.

Dings ganing Kalangbas mingte gdai.The people from the government arrived from Kalabahi., Orang dinas datang dari Kalabahi.

Grammatical note: In this use, ganing always occurs with a preceding noun denoting the location or organisation from which the person comes. Only occurs with a 3rd person inflection.

See also: aning