OUTOFPAPUA database: Lexicons of the West Papuan language area

Entry record from Pinto (2004): Makalero

Page number: 28

bibi

•  the name of an animal; but some are domesticated and some wild.

bibi kiomar

•  lives at the house but....

Note: kifala: presumably a typo for "kiafal"

bibi raka

•  (it goes) me-mee; its fur is smooth.

bibi duma

•  its fur is xxx; its sound is mo-moo and xxx.

Note: CHECK rou-rou; oro-oro'ko

bibi paruhu afunasi leki-leki

•  a female goat which is already pregnant is called this.

Literally: bibi 'goat'; paruhu 'female (of reproductive age) (?)'; afunasi 'pregnant'; xxx

Note: CHECK all, leki-leki, paruhu

bibi mata su'lu

•  a female goat which has already given birth and whose young are still very small.

Literally: bibi 'goat'; mata 'child'; su'lu 'young'

bibimata

•  young goats that are still very small are called this.

Literally: bibi 'goat'; mata 'child'

bibifana'r

•  a goat which is not yet of reproductive age (?).

Literally: bibi 'goat'; fana'r 'young female'

bibinami-nami

•  a goat whose horns have just recently begun to develop joints (?).

Literally: bibi 'goat'; nami 'male'

Note: CHECK

bibi paruhu

•  a goat which has already given birth is called this.

Literally: bibi 'goat'; paruhu 'female (of reproductive age) (?)'

bibi kei'li

•  a male goat whose horns are already long is called this.

Literally: bibi 'goat'; xxx

Note: CHECK kei'li

bibi horu

•  a goat's horns that stand on its head.

Literally: bibi 'goat'; horu 'horn'

bibi paruhu kitoo

•  a female goat of reproductive age that has not yet given birth.

Literally: bibi 'goat'; paruhu 'female animal of reproductive age'; ki 'contrastive marker'; to'o 'barren, childless'