OUTOFPAPUA database: Lexicons of the West Papuan language area

Entry record from Remijsen (2017): Matbat

fi³

(1) good.

(2) helathy.

pɔ³n pla²¹y i fi³ do²¹the wound has healed

(3) beautiful.

(4) handsome.

(5) attr. good-natured.

ma²¹t ta fi³a good person

(6) marker. modality marker (‘to feel like’).

2. modality markerya²¹k ka²¹ ko³la³k sakɔ⁴¹m fi³, I like to eat mash of sweet potato

ya²¹w baya²¹y ska³k fi³ɛ³¹?Do you feel like to play chess?

See also: fafi³; lo²¹ifi³