OUTOFPAPUA database: Lexicons of the West Papuan language area

Entry record from Remijsen (2017): Matbat

wi³n

Inflection/class: cl. II

(1) v. tr. to borrow(eng).

ya²¹k wi³n pa⁴¹pal pɔ Pe³li³pu³sI borrowed a hammer from Pelipus(eng)

(2) v. tr. to lend(eng).

ya²¹k wi³n pa⁴¹pal be Pe³li³pu³sI lent a hammer to Pelipus(eng)

(3) v. tr. to change (i.e., put on different clothes)(eng).

ya²¹k wi³n-akaI am changing(eng)

ya²¹k wi³n mɛ⁴¹-kaI am changing alone(eng)

Grammatical note: refl. – optionally followed by pronoun