OUTOFPAPUA database: Lexicons of the West Papuan language area

Entry record from Remijsen (2017): Matbat

fi³

(1) good(eng).

(2) helathy(eng).

pɔ³n pla²¹y i fi³ do²¹the wound has healed(eng)

(3) beautiful(eng).

(4) handsome(eng).

(5) attr. good-natured(eng).

ma²¹t ta fi³a good person(eng)

(6) marker. modality marker (‘to feel like’)(eng).

2. modality markerya²¹k k-a²¹ ko³la³k sakɔ⁴¹m fi³(eng), I like to eat mash of sweet potato(eng)

ya²¹w baya²¹y ska³k fi³-ɛ³¹Do you feel like to play chess?(eng)

See also: fa-fi³; lo²¹-ifi³