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  • proper noun An Austronesian language spoke around Astrolabe Bay in Papua New Guinea.

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Examples

  • In Gedaged, it appears as either a manner or a result verb.

    Far Outliers 2009

  • Over 40 years ago, Milke (1965: 346-347) pointed out correspondences between certain classificatory prefixes in Gedaged and certain ones in Papuan Tip languages.

    Far Outliers 2009

  • Reflexes of POC * mate 'to die' show up in Kairiru, Manam, Gedaged, and Gitua as result verbs.

    Far Outliers 2009

  • Its reflexes occur in the same position in compound-causative, classificatory-prefix, and incorporated-object constructions in Gedaged, in Madang Province, and in Papuan Tip languages.

    Far Outliers 2009

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