OUTOFPAPUA database: Lexicons of the West Papuan language area

Entry record from Ray (2003a): Meriam

Page number: 169

nar

•  n. a canoe.

Etymology comment: Dabu, New Guinea garaMabuiag gul

au nar

•  ship.

nar aoser

•  v. launch a canoe.

nar atrugili

Variants: nar-atrugrerpast tense singular subject

•  v. sail boat.

nar der

•  v. rest on sand; be supported on sand, of canoe.

nar gem

•  n. hull of canoe.

nar mui

•  n. inside of canoe hull.

nar der

•  v. rest on sand, be supported on sand, of canoe.