OUTOFPAPUA database: Lexicons of the West Papuan language area

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

Page number: 14

aka

•  n. fear.

akai

•  v. ward off; flinch.

aka-mi

•  excl. Oh! don't!.

aka-nidai

•  v. fear.

akan-mizi

•  v. fear.

Ngai ninungi akan-mekaI fear you

Note: With obj. in ablative

aka-pali

•  v. be afraid.

aka-uiet

•  n. a watch-tower.

Usage: found only in the Gospel Translation

akul

•  n. a clam shell, the shell is used as a spoon or knife, and in divination with lice.

Scientific name: Cyraena