OUTOFPAPUA database: Lexicons of the West Papuan language area

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

Page number: 32

gar(o)

•  n. body; things in a lump or together; hull of a canoe.

danga-gar-mumi

•  v. gnash teeth.

gar-mapai

•  v. continue to assemble.

gar-mapi

•  v. meet.

gar-moidai

•  v. build.

gar-mumai

•  v. crowd up.

gar-nanamai

•  v. push.

gar-ngalkai

•  v. trouble about.

garo-minar

•  n. an incised pattern on the hull of a canoe.

gar-palgi

•  v. recover; get up from illness.

gar-palai

•  v. recover from illness.

gar-paIi

•  v. recover; become well.

gar-patai

•  v. come to; arrive.

gar-sasimai

•  v. comfort.

gar-tai

•  v. press; touch.

gar-walgai

Variants: ulgai

•  v. wash; cleanse.

gar-widai

•  v. spread all over.

gar-widami

•  v. stand close together.

gar-widamizi goiga

•  v. wedding day.

get-gar-walgai

•  v. wash hands.

ia-gar-widai

•  v. spread news; spread a report.