OUTOFPAPUA database: Lexicons of the West Papuan language area

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

Page number: 57

kubi

•  n. charcoal; darkness.

Etymology comment: Miriam kupkupi, dark, Bugi gobi, dark

dada-kubil

•  n. midnight.

kubibud

•  n. a black stone, used for making paint.

kubi-budad

•  adj. black; blue.

kubi-kim

•  n. a large kind of taro.

kubikimad-gamul

•  adj. violet colour.

kubikubi

•  adj. dark; black.

kubil

(1) adj. dark.

(2) n. darkness; night.

kubil-gim

•  n. a plant.

Scientific name: Diospyros sp.

kubimaidal-pitai

•  n. banded gar-fish.

Scientific name: Hemiramphus far