ali buy, purchase

Part of Speech vt
Pronunciation aˈli
Borrowed Word Austronesian, cf. PMP *beli 'buy, value, price; marriage prestations, brideprice; purchase' (ACD). Probably a South or Southeast Sulawesi language like Buton ‹ali› 'buy'.
    • buy, purchase
      • Example 53:
        Sini sobo mi neta keng badu ali.
        In the store I bought clothes.
      • Example 54:
        Neya gali kira medi nepar gemei alia.
        My mother's brideprice of gongs and moko drums was used to pay (the brideprice of) my uncle's wife.