OUTOFPAPUA database: Lexicons of the West Papuan language area

•  the name of an animal; for instance a house bird (chicken); a wild bird that flies.

•  a bird which is domesticated / raised and lives in the house.

Literally: asa 'bird, chicken'; omar 'house'

•  a rooster goes together with a hen; the rooster has a xxx; a big xxx; a xxx tail and crows.

Literally: asa 'bird, chicken'; nami 'male'

Note: CHECK wetu, palin, pei'li, kokoroi'ki

•  doesn't have a xxx or an xxx tail and clucks.

Literally: asa 'bird, chicken'; paruhu 'female, hen'

Note: CHECK wetu, pi'li, kokodadada'ka

•  a bird/chicken which has recently laid eggs (?) and it makes a clucking sound (?).

Literally: asa 'bird, chicken'; fana 'female, young female' (?); xxx

Note: CHECK fanani'li

•  a chicken which has recently hatched and is scratching the ground (?); it makes a kiu-kiu'u sound.

Literally: asa 'bird, chicken'; mata 'child'

Note: CHECK raut, muaraut

•  a chicken which has laid eggs; its eggs are all white.

Literally: asa 'bird, chicken'; wuaha 'lay eggs, egg (?)'

•  similar to a domestic chicken; but it lives in the forest.

Literally: asa 'bird, chicken'; afal 'wild, not domesticated'

•  birds which live up on trees; like doves; pigeons; hawks; parrots; and many which live up on trees are all called this.

Literally: asa 'bird'; nama 'higher up'; laa 'to go'

•  birds which do not xxx up on trees are called this; for instance quails; ducks; xxx.

Literally: asa 'bird'; mua 'ground, land'; dere 'scratch' (?)

Note: CHECK dara-daran; irasa

•  a bird whose feathers are colourful (?).

Literally: asa 'bird'; xxx

Note: CHECK asadala, kalilaa

•  a bird whose feathers are white and black; sometimes we say like this: white bird or black bird; the black inside is xxx again (?).

Literally: asa 'bird';

Note: CHECK delefo-fo, kalilaa

•  a bird whose feathers are all white is called this.

Literally: asa 'bird'; putir 'white'

•  a bird whose feathers are all red is called this.

Literally: asa 'bird'; imir 'red'

•  an old basket (?) that is xxx; that birds lay eggs in.

Literally: asa 'bird'; wari 'nest'

Note: CHECK rau'tu, naa hafi'li (?)

•  a bird which has recently (started to?) scratch (?) the ground is called this.

Literally: asa 'bird'; mata 'child'; su'lu 'young'

Note: CHECK muaraut

•  to tie a chicken to a lever/handle (?); xxx (it) at a rock/stone; xxx around it; once that is done; cut the chicken's throat through; then xxx the rock/stone where it will die then xxx it dies on it (?).

Literally: asa 'bird'; lasi 'to cut'

Note: CHECK mumusi'a, pararini, rau'tu, taa-taa lorini, kualoko rini

•  to look at a bird's liver (?); a young bird's xxx is torn to look at the liver (?).

Literally: asa 'bird'; fisa'ka 'to tear'

Note: CHECK watirau'tu

•  a chicken/bird which has laid eggs; and is sitting on its eggs is called this.

Literally: asa 'bird'; wari 'nest'; poko 'to squat'

•  to take a basket and put young chicks under it; (if) the hen is put in it she sits on them.

Literally: asa 'bird, chicken'; loki'r 'basket to stop chicks from roaming, chicken coop' (?)

•  make a fence and tie the chickens up in it.

Literally: asa 'bird, chicken'; lofo 'enclosure'

•  a young rooster which is just trying out (?) his voice and is about to crow (?).

Literally: asa 'bird, chicken'; mani (typo for nami 'male'?); xxx

Note: CHECK bera-beranini, kokoroik

•  take a string and tie it around a chicken's leg is called this.

Literally: asa 'bird, chicken'; po'ro 'tie'

Note: generally a string attached to a somewhat heavy object is tied to a chicken's foot; usually the chicken can still drag the object around, but its mobility is restricted

•  to carry roosters to make them fight; to pit them (against each other).

Literally: asa 'bird, chicken'; afu 'to carry' (?)

Note: CHECK nata, laka, hi'l, doko. What is the difference between asa afu, asalaka, and asahi'li?

•  to move roosters so they kick each other is called this.

Literally: asa 'bird, chicken'; xxx

Note: CHECK What is the difference between asa afu, asalaka, and asahi'li?

•  champion roosters have spores tied to their feet; then they are made to fight and kick each other; and the one that does not die is the winner.

Literally: asa 'bird, chicken'; hi'li 'to pit, to make fight in a cockfight'

Note: CHECK What is the difference between asa afu, asalaka, and asahi'li?

•  to guard the rice leaves (?); or things that are left to dry in the sun.

Literally: asa 'bird'; utuu 'to look after, guard'