OUTOFPAPUA database: Lexicons of the West Papuan language area

Silzer (1983b): Proto-West Yapen

Original citation: Silzer, Peter. 1983. Ambai: An Austronesian Language of Irian Jaya, Indonesia. PhD Thesis, Australian National University.

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Headword IPA Glosses
*abit

‘tie’

*ae-ke(k)a

‘toe’

*ae-to-pui

‘heel’

*ai

‘tree’

*aibon

‘heart’

*ai-rape

‘beam’

*ai-raron

‘jungle’

*airiai

‘gourd’

*ai-ron

‘ironwood’

*ai-sori

‘mortar’

*ai-tabat

‘crossbeam’

*amau

‘sago pounder’

*amiaS

‘command’

*amor

‘kangaroo, tree’

*amper

‘sago frond rib’

*amumar

‘fly (n.)’

*an

‘eat (tr)’

*anami

‘dream’

*anana

‘ant’

*anau

‘point to’

*andani

‘mango’

*andaun

‘mat’

*a(n)dibar

‘bee’

*andita

‘breadfruit’

*andori

‘Eugenia’

*aniau

‘teach’

*aniwar

‘hide (intr)’

*ankadi

‘coconut’

*anota

‘wait’

*anum

‘weave, plait’

*apai

‘bow (n.)’

*apai(r)

‘sail (v.)’

*aparandin

‘praise’

*api

‘eat (intr)’

*ariSa

‘dry (tr.)’

*asawa

‘papaya’

*ator

‘count’

*auta

‘climb’

*awa-dun

‘thigh’

*awar

‘sew’

*awata

‘orphan’

*aya-diru

‘bat’

*baba

‘big’

*babesu

‘water jar’

*baboru

‘new’

*baburu

‘body hair’

*bait

‘pay’

*ban

‘palm, sole’

*baSur

‘split’

*bayar

‘spin rope’

*biar

‘go down’

*bo

‘oar’

*borira

‘outside’

*bui

‘draw, carve’

*buka

‘knee’

*buon

‘fruit’

*dere-vava

‘chin’

*dere-vava

‘jaw’

*di-

‘vagina’

*dian

‘fish (n.)’

*diobara

‘storm’

*dir

‘fingernail’

*diri

‘post’

*do-tayan

‘portside’

*duaru

‘sago stirrer’

*ena

‘sleep’

*i

‘he’

*(i)do-Soman

‘starboard’

*inoi

‘knife’

*irara

‘sweep’

*iri

‘choose’

*isan

‘stab’

*itu

‘seven’

*kaber

‘blind’

*kabur

‘dull’

*kaeri

‘urinate’

*kakaburi

‘naked’

*kakopa

‘earth, soil’

*kamuk

‘friend’

*kamutu

‘anchor’

*kaniSu

‘spit’

*kapar

‘fold’

*kapar

‘kick’

*kapau

‘crooked’

*kapor

‘wound (n.)’

*karain

‘nest’

*karata(r)

‘jellyfish’

*kari

‘bite’

*karu

‘back’

*karu

‘coconut juice’

*kasina

‘glass’

*kasinan

‘cucumber’

*kasiou

‘angry’

*kaSur

‘squeeze’

*kaun

‘ginger’

*kavui

‘loincloth’

*kawein

‘prawn’

*-ke(k)a

‘finger’

*kepan

‘pinch’

*kiar

‘rub’

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