OUTOFPAPUA database: Lexicons of the West Papuan language area

Entry record from Remijsen (2017): Matbat

pɔ³n

(1) pron. it.

pɔ³n sado²¹The issue is solved

pɔ³n do³ sado²¹The item is no longer there (e.g. it has sold out)

(2) pron. something.

i tu¹m pɔ³n(S)He is talking about something

pɔ³nino saksa¹²This thing (game of chess) is difficult.’

(3) pron. somebody.

pɔ³n di¹nawaSomeone is calling you.

mo¹f na³ / pɔ³n ta kɛ¹²sDon’t make a noise, somebody is writing

be²¹ mɔ⁴¹n bepɔ³nin ta hɔ¹²¹l le²¹yoGive tobacco to the one that is sitting there (landward).