OUTOFPAPUA database: Lexicons of the West Papuan language area

Entry record from de Josselin de Jong (1947): Ili'uun Erai

a

•  subordinating prefix, referring to the agens, the patiens or the possessor of some quality.

aedjawho kills, who is killed

aairwho is big

raedja,who kill ( plur.)

haheowho calls, who is called, caller

paputiwho is white

nagewho is this, who is here, this, here

nalamawho stays

Note: The prefix is usually preceded by the initial consonant of the word to which it is prefixed (in that case there is, consequently, also reduplication) or by the pronominal prefixes n- or r-.