OUTOFPAPUA database: Lexicons of the West Papuan language area

Entry record from Ray (2003b): Kala Lagaw Ya Mabuiag

Page number: 13

ai

Plural: aidai

•  n. food.

ai-baud

•  n. the season when food is ripe; the dry season; harvest.

aigi

•  adj. empty of food.

aigi-tai

•  v. finish; spend; bring to an end.

aingu-tamul

•  n. the compartments on a canoe in which the food of the crew is kept.

ai-purutai

•  v. eat.

aisgul

•  n. a feast after the skull-giving ceremony.