OUTOFPAPUA database: Lexicons of the West Papuan language area

Entry record from Visser (2020): Kalamang

girgir[ˈgirgir]

•  Verb. to run away with a woman, when her parents don't consent to the marriage(eng).bawa lari perempuan(ind).

Ma pas met gerket. Emun-esun sukaungge ma mat girgir.He asked that woman. His aunts and uncles didn't agree, (so) he ran away with her.(eng), Dia tanya perempuan itu. Dia pu mama-bapa tidak mau dia bawa lari dia.(ind)

Semantic domain: culture and communication, kin