OUTOFPAPUA database: Lexicons of the West Papuan language area

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

Page number: 271

seile

•  draw; pull.

seile to lowai

•  stretch out; draw out.

seile to tawa lowai

•  stretch out; draw out; protract.

lehen seile

•  hoist sail.

isa seile

•  govern oneself; master one's feelings.

itaseile

•  tug-of-war; rope-pull.

Literally: pull each other

mal(u)seile

•  draw out.

utseile

•  cut; cut off; cut through.