OUTOFPAPUA database: Lexicons of the West Papuan language area

Entry record from Schapper (2020): Wersing Peitoko

-mid[-ˈmid]

(1) vi. go up.naik.

Gai wota lewakar gmidi gekbai medi.He climbed up the coconut tree to get the young coconut., Dia panjat naik kelapa untuk ambil kelapa muda.

(2) vi. go towards land (when at sea).mengarah ke darat.

Lpong balte spir ba gmidi duli miseli.There was a strong wind and so the canoe came landwards and harboured in the bay., Aning besar jadi perahu pergi ke darat berlabuh di teluk.

Bong ba getia uderte mna tmidi.Carry that wood that is lying there and then we will go up to the village., Pikul kayu yang ada itu lalu kita naik ke kampung.

See also: wong mid