OUTOFPAPUA database: Lexicons of the West Papuan language area

Entry record from Schapper (2020): Wersing Peitoko

-wari[-ˈwari]

(1) vi. return; go back along the same path.kembali.

Deingte awari ge?When are you coming back?, Kapan engkau kembali?

Naida lailol nwai laite, nwari nmai.I went for a walk and then came back., Saya jalan pergi, baru datang kembali.

(2) vi. be facing; directed towards.berhadapan.

Twari tmit.We sit facing each other., Kita duduk berhadapan.

Etymology: Austronesian, PMP *balik ‘reverse, turn around’ (ACD). Certainly a seperate borrowing event from that of -wari 'return, go back'.

Etymology: bibref R003