OUTOFPAPUA database: Lexicons of the West Papuan language area

Entry record from Kroon (2016): Lamaholot Solor

Page number: 327

nele[nələ]

•  adv. in fact; only.

Na'é nagã- nagã, na'é mete kéwo, na'é epa ge ete nele ulaWhen he was groping in the water, he touched something and he thought it was an eel, but when he caught it, it was, in fact, a snake