OUTOFPAPUA database: Lexicons of the West Papuan language area

Entry record from Pinto (2004): Makalero

Page number: 11

alamo'tlaa

•  someone is sleeping and their friend (tries to) wake them up; but they don't wake up; then their friend will say this.

Literally: ala 'far away'; mo't 'to be on' (?); laa 'to go'

alamolu

•  to go into the forest and not find the way to go out is called this.

Literally: ala (abbreviated from alaha (?)) 'forest'; molu 'to lose, be lost'

Note: subentry under alaha 'forest'