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.memandikan.

ol pok ira gwelibathe a child, mandikan anak

Nea ira nweli.My mother washes me., Ibu mandikan saya.

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

See also: ira; -weli