OUTOFPAPUA database: Lexicons of the West Papuan language area

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

Page number: 52

kat(a)

Variants: kato

•  n. the neck; pluck of a turtle; a green frog.

Etymology comment: Bugi gata, neck

kata-kunumi

•  v. be strangled.

kata-mizi

•  v. be narrow; let slip through with difficulty.

kata-palgi

•  v. jump up; spring up.

katau-kuik

•  n. lower wall of the pharynx (turtle).