OUTOFPAPUA database: Lexicons of the West Papuan language area

Entry record from Schapper (2020): Wersing Peitoko

-mit[-ˈmit]

(1) vi. sit; be in a sitting posture(eng).menduduk(ind).

Amit!Sit!(eng), Duduk(ind)

De gmita.He is still sitting.(eng), Dia masih duduk.(ind)

(2) vi. exist; be there (for inanimates and insects that have a squat shape)(eng).ada(ind).

Mede gmita lepute.Wipe the table that's there.(eng), Lap meja yang ada dulu.(ind)

Koi bat tu no gmita.There are three baskets.(eng), Ada tiga bakul.(ind)

Source: Hans Retebana