OUTOFPAPUA database: Lexicons of the West Papuan language area

•  when it is hot and the sky xxx falls down xxx and the water that is inside falls down.

•  water which is up in the sky falls to the ground and makes the ground wet.

Literally: ae 'rain'; uta 'fall'

Note: uta is specific verb for rain (not a generic 'fall' verb)

•  rain falls but not fast.

Literally: ae 'rain'; niki-niki 'drizzle'

•  when rain falls on the ground; to cut the bamboo for it; to xxx the bamboo for it xxx plant the maize.

Note: CHECK hui, wadal

•  a month in which it doesn't rain (?).

Literally: ae 'rain'; xxx

Note: CHECK

•  when it doesn't rain so it is hot.

Literally: ae 'rain'; xxx

•  to work in the field; to plant corn on a hot day.

Literally: ae 'rain'; lo'ro 'to fall torrentially'

Note: CHECK The definition does not correspond to the head word and the lexical pair