OUTOFPAPUA database: Lexicons of the West Papuan language area

Entry record from Fricke (2013): Hewa

mai

•  v. come(eng).mari(ind).

main

•  v. come from far away(eng).datang dari jauh(ind).

a'u lau Jerman mainSaya datang dari Jerman.(ind)

Grammatical note: It is likely that the adding of -n to the verb mai 'come' has another function than expressing a more distant origin or both forms occur in free variation.