OUTOFPAPUA database: Lexicons of the West Papuan language area

Entry record from Pinto (2004): Makalero

Page number: 11

alakaa

•  go far away (?); if someone is sitting under something (?); we tell them so they run far away.

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alakaadane

•  to put (something) far away.

Literally: heu 'far'; dane 'to move, lift'

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alakaasuri

•  a child or bird which is released far away is called this.

Literally: xxx; suri 'to release' (bound form)

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alakaamo'to

•  to be about to put a thing far away is called this.

Literally: xxx; mo'to 'to be on'

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alakariaa

•  for instance so that someone stands xxx; we tell them to go stand far away.

Literally: xxx; riaa 'to run' (singular subject)

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alakaasuma

•  for instance if someone has gone far away and then they order their friend; it's called this.

Literally: xxx; suma 'to order' (bound form)

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