OUTOFPAPUA database: Lexicons of the West Papuan language area

Entry record from Schapper (2020): Wersing Peitoko

-nor[-ˈnor]

•  n. master; owner(eng).tuan(ind).

enoryour master(eng), tuan engkau(ind)

sobo norhouse owner(eng), tuan rumah(ind)

kutual genordog owner(eng), tuan anjing(ind)

Grammatical note: With an animate possessum, a prefix of the second agreement must be used; with an inanimate possessum the prefix is optional. As a obligatorily possessed noun, some form of possessor must be expressed with this noun.

Source: Hans Retebana