OUTOFPAPUA database: Lexicons of the West Papuan language area

Entry record from Schapper (2020): Wersing Peitoko

gresing[ˈgrɛsiŋ]

Variants: weresingKolana(eng)

•  adv. numeral augmenter; item used to introduce numerals that occur between decades(eng).tambah; kata hitung(ind).

adayoku gresing tuthirteen(eng), tiga belas(ind)

adayoku miyoku gresing yokutwenty-two(eng), dua puluh dua(ind)

Origin: Tokodede |fn{geresi ~ geresin} used in augmenting numerals. Other Timorese languages have a form such as |fn{resi ~ resin}, making Tokodede the only candidate for this borrowing.