-rip [quality inflection on demonstratives expressing degree (size)]; [...]

Part of Speech

Grammatical marker

• • [quality inflection on demonstratives expressing degree (size)]; big (like this/that)
  • besar begini/begitu (pakai sama wa, me atau mia) [Papuan Malay]
  • • bodily states, colours, dimensions, quantity

  • • Example 1228:
      

      Sasep temun kona warip ye.

      sasep

      squirrelfish or soldierfish or cardinalfish

      temun

      big

      kon

      one

      =a

      =foc

      wa

      prox

      -rip

      DGR

      ye

      or

      .

      A squirrelfish this big, maybe.

      Ikan so besar satu ekor mungkin begini ka. [Papuan Malay]

      Sources

      narr44 375.1

Related entries

• Is Part of:
  • miarip [distal quantity demonstrative for size]; that tall, big, long