OUTOFPAPUA database: Lexicons of the West Papuan language area

Entry record from Schapper (2020): Wersing Peitoko

ira gnir[iˈra gˈnir]

•  n. water spring(eng).mata air(ind).

Literally: eye of water

Origin: Likely calque of Malay |fn{mata air} 'spring', literally 'water eye'.