OUTOFPAPUA database: Lexicons of the West Papuan language area

Entry record from Fricke (2013): Hewa

wate

•  n. liver(eng).hati(ind).

Usage: It is used in a methaphorical sense as the place of feelings. Parallel to English 'heart'.

Semantic domain: body part

waten blara'

•  heart broken(eng).sakit hati(ind).