OUTOFPAPUA database: Lexicons of the West Papuan language area

Entry record from Schapper (2020): Wersing Peitoko

ira -weli[iˈra -ˈwɛli]

•  vt. wash; give (someone) a wash(eng).memandikan(ind).

ol pok ira gwelibathe a child(eng), mandikan anak(ind)

Nea ira nweli.My mother washes me.(eng), Ibu mandikan saya.(ind)

Grammatical note: Compound of ira 'water' and -weli 'bathe'.

See also: ira; -weli