OUTOFPAPUA database: Lexicons of the West Papuan language area

Entry record from Schapper (2020): Wersing Peitoko

-kawai[-ˈkawaj]

•  vt. bother; disturb interfere with.mengganggu.

Saku deina gkawai sning.Don't bother the elders., Jangan ganggu orang tua.

Teta pter kbasi medi lakalsi durki gkawai sning.We hang up the bunches of maize cobs so that mice can't interfere with them., Kita menggantung ikatan jagung supaya tikus jangan ganggu.

Source: Hans Retebana