OUTOFPAPUA database: Lexicons of the West Papuan language area

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

Page number: 255

maro

•  human being.

maro auni

•  somebody.

maro hetele

•  bustling; populous.

maro hirehiren

•  liar.

maro iaslaiken

•  exile.

maro ilas

•  a well-mannered man or woman.

maro inamodo maramara

•  sleepy-head.

maro ime jamoin

•  a conceited being.

Literally: human being who raises himself

maro jānin

•  obedient; amenable.

maro kira-kira walana

•  a sensible man (woman).

maro putputo

•  dwarf.

maro reksen

•  waylayer; robber.

maro tijejeni

•  alone.

Literally: the human being by himself

maro udan

•  murderer.

mamaro

•  statue; image; picture of human being.