OUTOFPAPUA database: Lexicons of the West Papuan language area

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

Page number: 234

hinan(a)

•  swaddling-cloth; mother's lap; womb; fatherland(eng).

hinan aharielen

•  eldest child(eng).

Literally: who breaks the womb with his feet

See also: tiele

hinan aramain

•  eldest child(eng).

Literally: who begins the pregnancy, or: the womb that begins

hinan patu

•  fatherland (swaddling-cloth lap)(eng).

eme punu hinanu

•  shelter; protect(eng).