OUTOFPAPUA database: Lexicons of the West Papuan language area

Kijne (nd g): Wamesa Wandamen

Original citation: Kijne, Isaak S. no date. Voorlopige woordenlijst Wandammens-Nederlands. Unpublished typescript. Leiden University Special Collections, Isaak Samuel Kijne Collection, Or. 421, Folder 15.
Notes on this source: Edited and translated by Antoinette Schapper and Anne van Schie.

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Headword IPA Glosses
karuarkaruar

‘dead, swear word, bringing ruin, praying mantis, stick insect’; ‘dode, schelwoord, onheilbregend, bidsprinkhaan, wandelende tak, griezelding’

karuarkaruar

‘image of dead, spirit of a dead person bringing bad tidings, stick insect, praying mantis’; ‘dodenbeeld, onheilbrengde dodenziel, wandelende tak, bidsprinkhaan’