perepiri

West Makian

Etymology

Said by Voorhoeve to be a vowel-varying reduplication of an unattested root *piri.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pe.re.ˈpi.ri/

Noun

perepiri

1. grass

References

• Clemens Voorhoeve (1982) The Makian languages and their neighbours‎^[1], Pacific linguistics