OUTOFPAPUA database: Lexicons of the West Papuan language area

Entry record from Ray (2003a): Meriam

Page number: 194

wer

•  n. star; egg; sun-star or sea-urchin; a cross over doorway inside the house.

Etymology comment: Bugi wale, Dabu, New Guinea piro

geb wer

•  n. testicle.

golegole wer

•  n. pupil of the eye.

pone wer

•  n. eyeball.

seriseri wer

•  n. comet.

wer gole

•  n. name of a fish.

wer kep

•  n. a parrot-fish - male.

Scientific name: Pseudo Scarus rivulatus

wer pirupiru

•  n. the shovel nosed shark.

Scientific name: Rhinobatos

wer sam

•  n. small head-dress of cassowary feathers.

wer seg

•  n. the bell and sword in the constellation of Orion.

See also: asisi-asisi

wer seri

•  n. shooting star.

wer sor

•  n. turtle egg.

wer tik

•  n. the Milky Way.