OUTOFPAPUA database: Lexicons of the West Papuan language area

•  interior of mouth.

Note: MRN, KUL, WAW, BNG, BAH, MRB, TOM: nganga ‘mouth’; PAD (Lara, Larobu, et al. 1991:46): nganga ‘inside of mouth’; TOL (Youngman 1997:pers.comm.): nganga ‘opening, interior mouth area’. [PAN *ŋaŋa ‘to gape’]