OUTOFPAPUA database: Lexicons of the West Papuan language area

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

karare

•  bite; rend; rent.

karare houte

•  rent from top to bottom.

pai karare

•  tear to pieces.

kara-kararana

•  rent all over; very shabby.

karakarare

•  worn out entirely; rent all over.

was karare

•  in rags; to rags.