OUTOFPAPUA database: Lexicons of the West Papuan language area

Entry record from Remijsen (2017): Matbat

po²¹

Variants: pɔ³¹

(1) prep. from.

i²¹ bɔ³t po²¹ fa¹²n paye³He is coming from Fafanlap (name of village).

(2) subj. from where; because.

mi²¹n-lu¹² m-ɛ⁴¹l ho³y pɔ³¹Where are you two back downriver from?

a²¹k wi³n-aka po²¹-ta k-pla¹²I am changing because I am hot

po-panɛ⁴¹n a²¹w wi³n sa¹nsu³n ina¹²Why are you changing clothes?

Phonological note: with tone /³¹/