OUTOFPAPUA database: Lexicons of the West Papuan language area

Entry record from Schapper (2020): Wersing Peitoko

lat[ˈlat]

(1) vi. flat; level; without bumps or hills.pelat; rata.

wor latflat stone, batu pelat

Teta aser wakar gwai wodo yokusa, lmang atoku lat mitaiteng.We went up for two hours until we got to flat land., Kita mendaki dua jam baru sampai tanah rata.

(2) sole; palm; flat part of the hand or foot.telapak; tapak; bidang kaki atau tangan.

nteng latmy palm, telapak tangan saya

newak latmy sole, telapak kaki saya

Grammatical note: This sense is only found adnominal to the nouns -teng and -wak.

Etymology: Austronesian, cf. PMP *dataR ‘flat, flat or level land’ (ACD). No known nearby language evidencing a reflex of this item and the sound change *d > l.

Etymology: bibref R003