OUTOFPAPUA database: Lexicons of the West Papuan language area

•  an adverbial particle of manifold use, whose primary sense it is difficult to determine at present; it is often used with the meaning of "then", referring to what follows next, or of "already", referring to what has happened or has been done..

Note: In many cases its general function is to express emphasis, and it may be translated in different ways according to the situation, as: just, only, any more, altogether, perhaps, rather.