OUTOFPAPUA database: Lexicons of the West Papuan language area

Entry record from Danckaerts & Wiltens (1623): Moluccan Malay

Page number: 95

matta

•  an eye; the point of something(eng).een ooge; de scherpte ofte punt ergens van(nld).

matta-cayïl

•  point of a fish-hook(eng).visch-hoecx punt(nld).

matta-hayër

•  water source(eng).de oorspronck van't waeter(nld).

ayër pounja matta melille cras

•  the stream flows quickly(eng).de beecke, oft riviere loot sterck aff(nld).

matta-angin adda tiga-poulo dua

•  there are thirty-two directions of wind(eng).daer zijn twee en dertich oorsproncken (dat is streecken) van winden(nld).

matta-caki

•  claw ?(eng).enclauwen(nld).