OUTOFPAPUA database: Lexicons of the West Papuan language area

Entry record from Visser (2020): Kalamang

mecua[ˈmecua]

Variants: mutua; mitua; metua

•  Verb. to save; to store; to put away; to bury(eng).simpan; taruh; kubur(ind).

Nazuwa ladanun giarten met mecuan.Nazuwa put her new shirt away.(eng), Nazuwa simpan dia pu baju baru itu.(ind)

Semantic domain: food, cooking, fire, arrange, hold, transfer