OUTOFPAPUA database: Lexicons of the West Papuan language area

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

Page number: 249

la'u

•  cloth; sarung.

la'ula'u

•  bed.

la'u hitin

•  white cloth.

la'u pai

•  weave.

laupanu me itanadule ja'ulika watalika itanadule

•  contract a solid friendship or alliance.

Literally: fasten or tie each other's clothes and each other's hair

la'u uta

•  weave.

la'u me soso

•  swab; wipe off with a piece of cloth.

laran la'u

•  old-fashioned, home-made sarung or cloth.