OUTOFPAPUA database: Lexicons of the West Papuan language area

Entry record from Kroon (2016): Lamaholot Solor

Page number: 303

ba'a[baʔa]

Variants: ba'at

•  adj. heavy(eng).

Wato wé ba'a - ba'aThe stone is very heavy(eng)

Antonyms: kedié'ẽ

mena'at[mənaʔat]

•  heavy(eng).

Yaga, wato mena'at wé akénẽ goloKeep that heavy stone in order that it does not roll down(eng)

Note: The base form ba'a is used only in reduplication to express intensifation and in comparison, whereas mena'at is used as a modifier only. The latter is derived by an infix <en>.