OUTOFPAPUA database: Lexicons of the West Papuan language area

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

Page number: 255

maro

•  human being(eng).

maro auni

•  somebody(eng).

maro hetele

•  bustling; populous(eng).

maro hirehiren

•  liar(eng).

maro iaslaiken

•  exile(eng).

maro ilas

•  a well-mannered man or woman(eng).

maro inamodo maramara

•  sleepy-head(eng).

maro ime jamoin

•  a conceited being(eng).

Literally: human being who raises himself

maro jānin

•  obedient; amenable(eng).

maro kira-kira walana

•  a sensible man (woman)(eng).

maro putputo

•  dwarf(eng).

maro reksen

•  waylayer; robber(eng).

maro tijejeni

•  alone(eng).

Literally: the human being by himself

maro udan

•  murderer(eng).

mamaro

•  statue; image; picture of human being(eng).