OUTOFPAPUA database: Lexicons of the West Papuan language area

Entry record from Fricke (2013): Hewa

mai

•  v. come.mari.

main

•  v. come from far away.datang dari jauh.

a'u lau Jerman mainSaya datang dari Jerman.

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.