OUTOFPAPUA database: Lexicons of the West Papuan language area

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

Page number: 254

mara

•  go(eng).

maramara

•  be travelling; travel on; go on; be sleepy(eng).

mara-maran

•  travelling; going on; who travels etc.(eng).

mara ha ura'a

•  after one's departure(eng).

mara ma'u

•  come and go; to and fro(eng).

maramara ma uma u

•  continually to and fro; endlessly(eng).

maramara ma'uma'un

•  going to and fro; goings and comings (i.e. doings, behaviour)(eng).

mara pain

•  the Creator(eng).

Literally: who makes go

mara palamire

•  hatch; brood(eng).

mararo

•  gone away already(eng).

mara todo

•  have in tow; take in tow(eng).

mara uste

•  ask permission(eng).

mara waaru

•  visit; assist at(eng).

amaramara

•  audacious; bold(eng).

inamara

•  go where; whither(eng).

itasmara

•  be scattered; asunder; fly apart(eng).

pain itasmara

•  mischief-maker; firebrand(eng).

it'hemara

•  go far inside; far inland; to the very centre(eng).

mal(u)hemara

•  go out(eng).

mud(u)hemara

•  go in(eng).

pan(u)hemara

•  go on(eng).