OUTOFPAPUA database: Lexicons of the West Papuan language area

Entry record from Schapper (2020): Wersing Peitoko

gresing[ˈgrɛsiŋ]

Variants: weresingKolana

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

adayoku gresing tuthirteen, tiga belas

adayoku miyoku gresing yokutwenty-two, dua puluh dua

Etymology: 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.