OUTOFPAPUA database: Lexicons of the West Papuan language area

Entry record from Pinto (2004): Makalero

Page number: 24

bai

•  the name of an animal; but some are domestic and some are wild; its noise is kue-kuee.

baiafunasi

•  a pig which is pregnant; whose children are already inside it is called this.

Literally: bai 'pig'; afunasi 'pregnant'

bai mata su'lu

•  female pig whose children are still small.

Literally: bai 'pig'; mata 'child'; su'lu 'young'

baifana'r

•  a (female) pig which has just given birth; has just reached reproductive age (?).

Literally: bai 'pig'; fana'r 'female (animal)'

bailelimisa'r

•  a male pig whose xxx are already alive; xxx.

Literally: bai 'pig'; xxx; misa 'go up'; -r 'PL'

bai too

•  pig which has not yet given birth.

Literally: bai 'pig'; too 'childless, barren'

bailofo

•  a fence within which pigs are released.

Literally: bai 'pig'; lofo 'enclosure'

bai taha

•  a wild pig's house; where it lives in the forest.

Literally: bai 'pig'; xxx

bai afa'l

•  pigs which habitually live in the forest; and their xxx are very long.

Literally: bai 'pig'; afa'l 'wild'

bai atu

•  pig's excrement which has dropped (?).

Literally: bai 'pig'; atu 'feces'

baikodon

•  a single pig that is being fed by itself (so) it gets big and fat quickly is called this.

Literally: bai 'pig'; xxx

baidokon

•  the name of a sweet potato; the xxx of this sweet potato are all red but the tuber is red and white running together (?).

Literally: bai 'pig'; xxx

baipo'r

•  to take a rope/string and tie it to a pig's foot is called this.

Literally: bai 'pig'; po'r 'to tie'

baipo'r tali

•  the name of a wild vine that lives in the forest; its leaves are straight (?).

Literally: bai 'pig'; po'r 'to tie'