OUTOFPAPUA database: Lexicons of the West Papuan language area

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

Page number: 232

hakane

•  float (in the air or on the water); fly; come to the surface; emerge; being in the harbor without being anchored(eng).

haka-hakane

•  be floating about, to and fro(eng).

ahakane

•  staying in the harbour without anchoring(eng).

araha-kane

•  staying below in the harbour; in the harbour underneath(eng).

menhakane

•  float near by(eng).

ita-menhakane

•  be floating near each other(eng).

See also: halse