OUTOFPAPUA database: Lexicons of the West Papuan language area

Schapper (2020): Wersing Peitoko

Original citation: Schapper, Antoinette. 2020. Wersing dictionary. Dictionaria 11. 1–1430. URL: https://dictionaria.clld.org/contributions/wersing doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.4139455

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Headword IPA Glosses
-meleng-ˈmɛlɛŋ

vt. ‘threaten, scold, scold by means of speaking loudly’; ‘bentak, gertak, membentak, menggertak’

melengˈmɛlɛŋ

1. vi. ‘scared’; ‘takut’

2. vi. ‘scary’; ‘takutkan, menakutkan, wajar’