OUTOFPAPUA database: Lexicons of the West Papuan language area

Entry record from Sneddon (1984a): Proto-Sangiric

Page number: 107

*tain

•  [to set up (snare; trap); to place under tension (e.g. the trigger mechanism of a snare); to stretch].

Note: Sangir taiŋ to set up (snare, trap); Sangil taiŋ to place under tension (e.g. the trigger mechanism of a snare); Ratahan (N) <manain> to stretch [PAN (Blust) *(CtT)aqən lay a trap].

Note: see footnote 227