OUTOFPAPUA database: Lexicons of the West Papuan language area

•  expose to radiant heat.

Note: MRN (D. Andersen 1997:pers.comm.): morara, morarani ‘roast’; MRB (Esser 1927:65): mokorara ‘to warm’ (by the fire), morarami ‘to cook or roast something above the fire’; PAD (Lara, Larobu, et al. 1991:59): morarami ‘roast, bake’, merarami ‘warm oneself up by the fire’; TOL (Youngman 1997:pers.comm.): rara ‘heat from a source above or below’ (as in rara oleo ‘heat of the day/sun’), morarami ‘grill something above coals’; MEKₕ: rarawi-o ‘to grill, to roast’ (w possibly a misprint for m). [PMP *da(n)daŋ ‘to warm up, singe’ (Dempwolff, INL, in Zorc 1971 1229)]