OUTOFPAPUA database: Lexicons of the West Papuan language area

•  dry wood that is piled up (?) and then dug out (?) xxx.

Literally: ate 'tree/wood'; xxx

Note: CHECK pu'hu, toi, lasu'ku

•  a high tree whose tip is alive is called this.

Literally: ate 'tree'; pupu'lu '(terminal) bud'

Note: Subentry under ate 'tree'

•  a tree's branches that are small are called this.

Literally: ate 'tree'; raka 'finger'

Note: Subentry under ate 'tree'

•  a tree which has been cut; when it is being chopped at it thunders.

Literally: ate 'tree'; ruru 'thunder'

Note: CHECK. Subentry under ate 'tree'

•  (when) cutting a tree; its branches are cut/broken at the joints (?) and taken away (?); the ends of the branches that are on (the tree?) are cut short.

Literally: ate 'tree'; xxx

Note: CHECK saka, sika'n, sakur. Subentry under ate 'tree'

•  many people cutting down a tree and then take it and go together to only one place.

Literally: ate 'tree'; xxx

Note: CHECK sara. Subentry under ate 'tree'

•  to cut a supporting pole for a house; make a xxx and put the stem on top.

Literally: ate 'tree'; xxx

Note: CHECK sikan, saka. Subentry under ate 'tree'

•  to roast a goat; pig or dog on/attached to a (piece of) wood.

Literally: ate 'wood, tree'; ata 'attached to, on'; du'ili 'bake, roast' (bound form)

Note: Subentry under ate 'tree'

•  chop around a tree trunk with a machete or an axe so it falls over.

Literally: ate 'tree'; ta'a 'to chop'

Note: Subentry under ate 'tree'

•  (the things) branching off on a tree are called this.

Literally: ate 'tree'; tala 'branch'

Note: Subentry under ate 'tree'