OUTOFPAPUA database: Lexicons of the West Papuan language area

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

Page number: 252

lua

•  monkey.

lua panu one

•  hollow-cheeked.

Literally: like a monkey face

lua umumun ale

•  morbid mimicry; a nervous affection.latah.

Literally: struck by dead monkeys

a'alua

•  jest; joke.

aaluan

•  jester; joker.