OUTOFPAPUA database: Lexicons of the West Papuan language area

Entry record from Schapper (2020): Wersing Peitoko

kuli[kuˈli]

(1) adv. must; definitely should happen(eng).harus; misti(ind).

Ol poko kuli skol.Children must go to school(eng), Anak harus sekolah.(ind)

(2) adv. certainly; definitely(eng).pasti(ind).

kuli bolidefinitely broken(eng), pasti rusak(ind)