OUTOFPAPUA database: Lexicons of the West Papuan language area

Entry record from Pinto (2004): Makalero

Page number: 28

bereisa,

•  used for xxx; sweet yams; or cassava at whose roots there are tubers going in the ground which are big.

Literally: bere 'big' (SG subject); isa 'to go down'

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beremisa

•  an animal or a plant that is taller than a tall person.

Literally: bere 'big' (SG subject); misa 'to go up'

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bere-bere

•  said about animals; food; or plants/trees.

Literally: bere 'big' (SG subject)

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bereriaa

•  for instance (if) a wounded foot or a wounded hand continues to be wounded (?).

Literally: bere 'big' (SG subject); riaa 'to run' (SG subject)

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