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.

henen sanulu ge natji amigaiten days hence we shall leave

hene(n) ira

•  formerly.

hene hene

•  every night.

hene(n) mega

•  it is dark (night) already.

hene hene leo leo

•  night and day.

hene(n) eha go

•  that same night; that very night.

henrua

•  the day before yesterday; the day after tomorrow.