OUTOFPAPUA database: Lexicons of the West Papuan language area

Entry record from Schapper (2020): Wersing Peitoko

-mlosi[-mˈlosi]

•  vi. not want; not like.tidak mau; tidak suka.

Tamlosi.We don't like it., Kita tidak suka.

Aba ong mada namlosi.I don't want to cook with that., Saya tidak mau masak dengan itu.

Pter mada gnai gamlosi.He doesn't want to eat rice., Dia tidak mau makan nasi.

Grammatical note: This verb can take a complement clause expressing the undesired action.

Phonological note: Final /si/ sequence can be realised as [ʃ].

Lexical functions: Metathesised form:

See also: -mra