OUTOFPAPUA database: Lexicons of the West Papuan language area

Entry record from Schapper (2020): Wersing Peitoko

le- -yatu[lɛ- -ˈjatu]

Morphological form: le- -yatu

•  vt. leave provision for; leave for out for (someone).tinggalkan bekal untuk (seseorang).

Arakes pdik no nea medi lenyatu.My mother leaves a little bit of rice out for me., Ibu saya tinggalkan sedikit beras untuk saya.

Grammatical note: The item left out is introduced with medi, while the person for whom it is left is the P and coindexed by the prefix on the verb.

See also: -yatu