OUTOFPAPUA database: Lexicons of the West Papuan language area

(1) land; opposite of water(eng).land; in tegenstelling van water(nld).

tahan manusia ma-nyiha-nyihato stop the remaining people(eng)

tahun Dal ahir ma-nyihathe end of the last year Dal(eng)

(2) a tree(eng).een boom(nld).

Scientific name: Canarium commune L

Note: also remainder, rest, end, and then recognizable by its connection with ma to ma-nyiha, the remaining part of it

Note: it is mistakenly recorded as nia by Filet and van Musschenbroek. Only on Makian is oil obtained from the fruits