OUTOFPAPUA database: Lexicons of the West Papuan language area

Entry record from Fricke (2019a): Atadei Demon

pewut

•  Noun. a wasp species that is yellow/red and black.sejenis tabuhan yang berwarna merah/kuning dan hitam.

Sementara aoru bo na diro gloki pêwut.At the same time, the dog tries hard (to get) the bees.

Karena na gloki wo kaju, kajoru edo, pêwut lêwu di lêngata.As he works so hard at the tree, the tree is shaking and the bee house also falls down.

Aoru nakete, karena pêwusa lêngat, pa pêwusa mungkin da tubaka au, aor di kare.That dog just now, because the bees had fallen down and maybe already bit the dog, the dog runs as well.

Grammatical note: Type B

Semantic domain: Animal; Binatang; Binatang