OUTOFPAPUA database: Lexicons of the West Papuan language area

Entry record from Remijsen (2017): Matbat

ba¹

Inflection/class: cl. II

(1) v. tr., intr. to leave behind(eng).

(2) v. tr., intr. to remain(eng).

(3) v. tr., intr. to be left(eng).

i ho¹²¹l ba¹he will stay behind(eng)

i-li³m do²¹ / ba¹ i-tɔ³lFive are already there – only three to go now(eng)

ba¹ yɛ³n po²¹wthere is no more sand left(eng)

ya²¹k ba¹ pɔ³n samu¹tɔ³tI will leave behind a few things(eng)