OUTOFPAPUA database: Lexicons of the West Papuan language area

Entry record from Schapper (2020): Wersing Peitoko

-ya[-ˈja]

(1) vi. go down; go to the sea.pergi dengan turun; pergi ke laut.

Tea.We go down to the sea., Kita pergi dan turun ke laut.

(2) vi. go out into the sea; go seawards.mengarah ke laut.

Jerigen no seli yona, neta lesai nea medi.There's a jerry can floating out there, I'm going to swim out to it., Satu jerigen terapung di sana, saya akan berenang sampainya dan bawa kembali.

(3) vi. go; move, frequently used as the unmarked verb for movement away from DC.pergi; jalan.

Eya tetnar tnusar golol kanaYou go and attend school., Engkau sudah pergi ikut sekolah.

Grammatical note: This use of the verb is possibly due to reanalysis of {gea} 'go' as a 3rd person inflection of {-ya} 'go down'.

See also: gea