OUTOFPAPUA database: Lexicons of the West Papuan language area

Entry record from Schapper (2020): Wersing Peitoko

-tnar[-tˈnar]

•  vt. teach.ajar.

Guru tetnar.The teacher teaches us., Guru mengajar kita.

Guru Inggris lomu ong tetnara.The teacher teaches us English., Guru mengajar kita bahasa Inggris.

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