OUTOFPAPUA database: Lexicons of the West Papuan language area

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

Page number: 236

ia

•  foot; leg.

ia dalare

•  cripple; lame.

iahe

•  straddling; astride; tumble; fall head over heels.

itaijiahe

•  tumble one over the other.

iahuna

•  calf of the leg.

ia iliare

•  sprain one's ankle.

ia itin(itim)

•  heel.

Literally: foot-bottom

ia kawar

•  shoe.

Literally: foot-cover

ia kupa

•  toe.

ia kupa me lalare

•  walk on tiptoe.

See also: lare

ia lawar

•  stocking (foot-cover).

la lowai

•  husband (leg long).

ia maruh

•  footprint.

ia moil me terne

•  kneel.

Literally: make knees press

ia paha

•  thigh.

ia panum(panu me) wuwur

•  dare; risk; be dauntless.

Literally: stab foot face

ia pele

•  sole of the foot.

ia sousoul

•  knee-cap.

ia'uahe

•  humiliate oneself.

Literally: move under foot

itai(a)iahe

•  tumble one on top of the other.

ia uamire

•  subject; submissive.

Literally: sit under foot

ia uate

•  step; stride.

Literally: lift foot

ia uate le kolewe mani uste le o'onwaje

•  invite respectfully (ask permission to embrace foot and neck).