OUTOFPAPUA database: Lexicons of the West Papuan language area

Entry record from Remijsen (2017): Matbat

ba¹

Inflection/class: cl. II

(1) v. tr., intr. to leave behind.

(2) v. tr., intr. to remain.

(3) v. tr., intr. to be left.

i ho¹²¹l ba¹he will stay behind

ili³m do²¹ / ba¹ itɔ³lFive are already there – only three to go now

ba¹ yɛ³n po²¹wthere is no more sand left

ya²¹k ba¹ pɔ³n samu¹tɔ³tI will leave behind a few things