OUTOFPAPUA database: Lexicons of the West Papuan language area

Entry record from Schapper (2020): Wersing Peitoko

mi- -uing[mi- -ˈuʷiŋ]

Morphological form: mi- -uing

•  vt. hide (something) in a location.sembunyikan (sesuatu) di suatu lokasi.

Neta ol pok ba medi sobo gbar miguing.I hide the child at the back of the house., Saya menyembunyikan anak kecil di belakang rumah.

Neta ssau ba no kamar miguing.I hide the moko in the room., Saya menyembunyikan satu buah moko di kamar.

Grammatical note: The item hid is often but not always introduced by medi 'take'. This indicates that the verb was probably originally intransitive.

See also: -uing