OUTOFPAPUA database: Lexicons of the West Papuan language area

Entry record from Ray (2003a): Meriam

Page number: 145

giz

•  n. base of tree trunk; roots; origin; basis; foundation; a collection; sign of the collective plural.

giz meb

•  n. full moon.

giz mer

•  n. a speech; sermon.

giz nur

•  n. the season when leaves are withered harvest time.

kogiz

Variants: kog giz

•  polygamy.

lugiz

•  n. great grand-parent, etc.

tereg giz

•  n. the gums.

u giz

•  n. the swollen base of a coco-palm.