OUTOFPAPUA database: Lexicons of the West Papuan language area

Entry record from Kroon (2016): Lamaholot Solor

Page number: 319

kenebi[kənəbi]

•  n. wall.

Na deki peda'ã ia kenebiHe inserted his machete into the wall

Note: This word is derived from the verb 'gebi' with the prefix 'keN-'

kebebi nuki[kənəbi nuki]

•  wall made of bind and sewed lontar leaves on a lath of bamboo.

kenebi keneka[kənəbi kənəka]

•  wall made of unevenly chopped bamboo all around the surface, with one side cut off so it can be flattened to form a plank of chopped bamboo.

kenebi témbok[kənəbi tɛmbok]

•  concrete wall.