OUTOFPAPUA database: Lexicons of the West Papuan language area

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

Page number: 265

pale

•  hold; keep hold of; handle; keep(eng).

palana

•  who holds (chief)(eng).

palen

•  who holds; holding; keeping(eng).

adahale

•  accept; receive(eng).

ahale

•  touch(eng).

palpate

•  take hold of(eng).

a'ahahale

•  join; unite(eng).

arahale

•  stick; cleave on(eng).

eme arahale

•  cause to stick; glue(eng).

hahale

•  lengthen; fit on; join(eng).

hahalana

•  union; what has been joined(eng).

nahale

•  prepare; collect(eng).

nahalen pai

•  collect (fruit)(eng).

See also: rapale; tapa