OUTOFPAPUA database: Lexicons of the West Papuan language area

Entry record from Schapper (2020): Wersing Peitoko

-tnar[-tˈnar]

•  vt. teach(eng).ajar(ind).

Guru tetnar.The teacher teaches us.(eng), Guru mengajar kita.(ind)

Guru Inggris lomu ong tetnara.The teacher teaches us English.(eng), Guru mengajar kita bahasa Inggris.(ind)

Grammatical note: The prefix encodes learner, the learnt thing is encoded in a peripheral SVC with wong 'use'.