OUTOFPAPUA database: Lexicons of the West Papuan language area

Entry record from de Josselin de Jong (1937): Woirata

Page number: 225

alua-nat, aluana tie

•  the (that) place etc.

Note: It has also more special meanings: sleeping-place, foot-print

aluana hohon

•  curtain; mosquito-net.

Literally: sleeping-place wall

aluana namire

•  employment; dignity; rank.

Literally: place one sits in

See also: mire