OUTOFPAPUA database: Lexicons of the West Papuan language area

Entry record from Kroon (2016): Lamaholot Solor

Page number: 307

demã[dəmã]

Variants: demé'ē

•  adj. wet.

Labu na'ē demã-demãHis shirt is very wet

Na'é nelé labu demé'ēHe wears a wet shirt

Note: The base form demã is used only in reduplication to express intensifation and in comparison, whereas the variant form demé'ē is used as a modifier only

Antonyms: mara'ã