OUTOFPAPUA database: Lexicons of the West Papuan language area

Entry record from de Josselin de Jong (1947): Ili'uun Erai

hene(n)

•  night, nightly dark; in chronology it is often used for the space of 24 hours and also for time in general(eng).

henen sanulu ge natji amigaiten days hence we shall leave(eng)

hene(n) ira

•  formerly(eng).

hene hene

•  every night(eng).

hene(n) mega

•  it is dark (night) already(eng).

hene hene leo leo

•  night and day(eng).

hene(n) eha go

•  that same night; that very night(eng).

henrua

•  the day before yesterday; the day after tomorrow(eng).