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(eng).orang dari (suatu lokasi atau organisasi)(ind).

Naida Peitoko Purasi ganing.I am a person of Peitoko Purasi.(eng), Saya orang Peitoko Purasi.(ind)

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

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