OUTOFPAPUA database: Lexicons of the West Papuan language area

Entry record from Schapper (2020): Wersing Peitoko

tpa[tˈpa]

(1) vi. new; recently produced or acquired.baru.

badu tpanew shirt, baju baru

Sobo oba tpa.This house is new., Rumah ini baru.

(2) vi. newly arrived; foreign (particularly of people).baru datang; asing.

aning tpanewly arrived person; immigrant; stranger, orang baru/orang asing

Aning tpa ipite gdai gmai.Guests have just started arriving from all over., Orang tamu baru-baru datang.