OUTOFPAPUA database: Lexicons of the West Papuan language area

Entry record from Pinto (2004): Makalero

Page number: 22

ate'n

•  a person's leg or hand which sometimes goes dead if we sleep.

Note: CHECK "umu" is not formatted like lexical pairs/one-word definitions usually are. Such formatting errors are present here and there, but in this case it is not quite clear whether "umu" should go in column H; or if the headword is "ate'n umu".

atemana

•  a tree's bone that holds together a little boat (??).

Literally: ate 'tree'; mana 'hole' (??)

Note: CHECK. Subentry under ate 'tree'

atepatan

•  a tree which has been chopped down and is lying on the ground.

Literally: ate 'tree'; patan 'stem'

Note: Subentry under ate 'tree'

atepere

•  a tree which is very big is called this.

Literally: ate 'tree'; pere 'big' (SG subject)

Note: Subentry under ate 'tree'

atepou'ru

•  the name of a tree whose trunk is big and whose bark is white.

Literally: ate 'tree'; pou'ru 'fat' (?)

Note: Subentry under ate 'tree'