OUTOFPAPUA database: Lexicons of the West Papuan language area

Entry record from Ray (2003a): Meriam

Page number: 161

lu

•  n. au nei for trees and plants, an au au nei for things in general. Sometimes lug, especially before a vowel.

Etymology comment: Bugi lu, tree, wood

kog lu

•  n. a love charm.

lu doridili

•  n. noise made by wind blowing through trees.

lug atkamer le

•  n. a thief.

lu-babat

•  adj. anything pertaining to folklore; an heirloom.

lu gegur

•  n. native bark cloth.

lu giz

•  n. swollen base of a tree trunk.

lu gizra apu

•  adj. rich.

luglug

•  adj. plentiful; rich; having plenty of things.

lu ismi

•  v. fell a tree.

lu kak

(1) n. nothing.

(2) adj. poor.

lu kaz

•  n. a creeping plant.

lu kem le

•  n. master of ceremonies at tama.

lu lam

•  n. leaf.

lu lam gimgam

•  adj. green.

Note: gimgam (?) in imitation of Mab. gamul, for which it is grammatically equivalent

lu sik

•  n. feather.