OUTOFPAPUA database: Lexicons of the West Papuan language area

Entry record from Schapper (2020): Wersing Peitoko

ge-[gɛ-]

(1) prefix. 3rd person for possessors of alienably and obligatory possessed nouns.dia punya, mereka punya.

Gai wota lewakar gmidi gekbai medi.He climbed up the coconut tree to get the young coconut., Dia panjat naik kelapa untuk ambil kelapa muda.

(2) prefix. 3rd person prefix of the "second" (II) agreement series on verbs.dia; mereka; orang ke-tiga awalan dari pola "genitif" pada kata kerja.

Markus ba mdokte lomu aras getmedi.Markus stutters, such that he speaks with great difficulty., Markus menggagap, jadi omong setengah mati.

(3) prefix. the one that X; kind of a nominalizer and resumptive prefix on verbs for fronted NPs.yang itu.

gemlithe tasty one(s), yang enak

Api spir mina semereki geatoka.It's the fish in the canoe that the segull is pecking., Ikan di perahu itulah burung camar yang totok.

Grammatical note: Only a small number of verbs take this series.