wúta

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Kambera[edit]

Verb[edit]

wúta

  1. (intransitive) to be fat
    Na tau wútu na-palu-ka (nyungga).[usage 1]
    The fat man hit me.

Usage notes[edit]

  1. ^ The independent pronoun is optional.

References[edit]

  • Marian Klamer (2000) “Continuative Aspect and the Dative Clitic in Kambera”, in Mark Campana, Ileana Paul, Vivianne Phillips, Lisa Travis, editors, Formal Issues in Austronesian Linguistics (Studies in Natural Language and Linguistic Theory; 49), Springer Netherlands, →ISBN, page 199