OUTOFPAPUA database: Lexicons of the West Papuan language area

Entry record from Remijsen (2017): Matbat

wi³n

Inflection/class: cl. II

(1) v. tr. to borrow.

ya²¹k wi³n pa⁴¹pal pɔ Pe³li³pu³sI borrowed a hammer from Pelipus

(2) v. tr. to lend.

ya²¹k wi³n pa⁴¹pal be Pe³li³pu³sI lent a hammer to Pelipus

(3) v. tr. to change (i.e., put on different clothes).

ya²¹k wi³nakaI am changing

ya²¹k wi³n mɛ⁴¹kaI am changing alone

Grammatical note: refl. – optionally followed by pronoun