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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’

*kikar

‘grate (v.)’

*kiru

‘lime’

*koi

‘intercourse’

*kopar

‘jump’

*main

‘fat (n.)’

*(ma)kake

‘green’

*mama

‘chew’

*mamasa

‘dry (grass)’

*(ma)mavav

‘yawn’

*mambaru

‘crowned pigeon’

*(ma)mosir

‘satiated’

*mamu

‘mucus’

*mamuta

‘vomit’

*mananir

‘leader’

*manin

‘oil’

*manivovi

‘friend’

*manken

‘sea bird’

*manu

‘house’

*marabat

‘heavy’

*marandin

‘decorate’

*marapa

‘Gnetum gnemon’

*mare(k)a

‘water’

*mari

‘laugh’

*mari-dori

‘calm (ocean)’

*marisan

‘pepper’

*marisin

‘happy’

*marutu

‘sink’

*maSi

‘same’

*masian

‘widower’

*matai(t)

‘fear’

*matatar

‘itch’

*matir

‘leak’

*matu

‘strong (wood)’

*mayar

‘like (v.)’

*mesari

‘alone’

*metan

‘black’

*mi-at

‘ye’

*muan

‘man, male’

*muawas

‘easy’

*mun

‘kill’

*mundi

‘earthquake’

*muran

‘east’

*musi

‘kangaroo, tree’

*nana

‘pus’

*nando

‘banana’

*nandoai

‘mast’

*napa

‘sand’

*neta-baba

‘sibling (older, same sex)’

*neta-katu

‘sibling (younger, different sex)’

*ne-una

‘scales’

*ninaut

‘marry’

*nio

‘parents-in-law’

*nu

‘island’

*nunun

‘burn (tr.)’

*okatu

‘soon’

*ona

‘dog’

*ona

‘give’

*opi

‘gall’

*oSar

‘stand’

*pampan

‘always’

*pap

‘wash’

*papo

‘grave(yard)’

*parari

‘imitate’

*parir

‘miss’

*-paro

‘forget’

*pas

‘rice’

*paSemai

‘bamboo (small)’

*patin

‘pull out’

*patite

‘numb’

*-pema

‘wing’

*peran

‘cut (grass)’

*pia-

‘twenty’

*pia-rin

‘hundred’

*pikara

‘release’

*pi-mamur

‘poison’

*pi-rotu

‘drum’

*pon

‘front’

*pot

‘pull’

*puaya

‘power’

*pur

‘flower’

*pura

‘year’

*ra

‘walk’

*rabuan

‘middle’

*rai(t)

‘enemy’

*rama

‘come’

*rami

‘squeeze’

*rana

‘boil (tr.)’

*rari(k)a

‘dirty’

*raron

‘inside’

*rarun

‘bailer’

*raruo-katu

‘sibling (younger, different sex)’

*raukai

‘octopus’

*raun

‘leaf’

*ravin

‘bay’

*rawan

‘basket’

*rawanan

‘sea’

*rayan

‘road, path’

*re-babo

‘forehead’

*rei

‘land’

*remar

‘betel pepper’

*rerawa

‘skin’

*retatenan

‘first’

*rika

‘blood’

*rin

‘five’

*riwan

‘change’

*roar

‘answer’

*ro(k)i

‘sing’

*romi

‘garden’

*rora

‘sky’

*rotan

‘bag’; ‘noken’

*rotu

‘sound (v.)’

*ru

‘head’

*ru

‘two’

*ruai

‘rack’

*rubuan

‘sand’

*ru(k)ir

‘gather’

*ru-nandau

‘hair (head)’

*rut

‘hold’

*-Sabu

‘tear (tr.)’

*Saira

‘fast, quick’

*saiS

‘weep’

*Samur

‘bunch’

*sanaya

‘dry (cloth)’

*sande

‘thwart ande’

*Sane

‘abdomen’

*Sano

‘name’

*sapop

‘fly (v.)’

*sarai

‘dig’

*Sarawan

‘branch’

*Sarawin

‘sail (n.)’

*Sareai

‘sash’

*Saro

‘chest’

*saroi

‘whale’

*sa-ru

‘they 2’

*sasa

‘sour’

*sasen

‘breathe’

*(sa)sera

‘seek’

*SaSi

‘salt’

*Saura

‘ten’

*savaya

‘crawl’

*Se

‘fishtrap’

*Sebi

‘rainbow’

*Sembai

‘moon’

*Seran

‘fishnet’

*seSa

‘cough’

*se-toru

‘they 3’

*si

‘penis’

*Si-at

‘they (pl.)’

*si-kako

‘sperm’

*Sina

‘bone’

*Sina

‘mother’

*-siri

‘one’

*Sirio

‘baking dish’

*siru

‘steer’

*so

‘throw’

*Soman

‘outrigger’

*Sora

‘straits’

*soro-

‘scrotum’

*su

‘go backwards’

*sua

‘enter’

*suan

‘carry on head’

*suan

‘palm wine’

*Sumbe

‘bushknife’

*sumoi

‘aunt, father's sister’

*sur

‘comb (n.)’

*sur

‘comb (v.)’

*SuSu

‘breast’

*taban

‘wrap’

*tabera

‘move (intr)’

*tabun

‘cover (v.)’

*tabura

‘conch’

*tama

‘father’

*taman

‘axe’

*tanam

‘plant (v.)’

*tanan

‘short (vertical)’

*tanan

‘short’

*tapare

‘tongue’

*tapisa

‘light (weight)’

*tapu

‘grandparent’

*tapur

‘catch’

*tara

‘ear’

*tara

‘pound (sago)’

*tara-paro

‘deaf’

*tara-re

‘cheek’

*tara-So

‘hear’

*tata

‘we (in pl)’

*tawa

‘fall’

*tawa

‘old (thing)’

*tawai

‘snake’

*tawan

‘press’

*tipu

‘grow’

*titar

‘peel (v.)’

*to

‘to’

*ton

‘swallow (v.)’

*topino

‘how’

*toru

‘three’

*tovu

‘sugarcane’

*tu(k)a

‘fish (v.)’

*tuta

‘pound (sago)’

*tutir

‘with (Accomp.)’

*unum

‘drink’

*upiS

‘wipe’

*ure

‘eye’

*ure-so

‘see’

*utan

‘ask’

*uvi

‘yam’

*vara

‘arm’

*vata

‘lie down’

*vavasa

‘wet (cloth)’

*vavin

‘woman’

*(va)visi

‘hungry’

*ve

‘for’

*vediora

‘obstruct’

*vioi

‘lory’

*vo

‘paddle (v.)’

*vori

‘buy’

*vuv

‘blow (flute)’

*wa

‘canoe’

*wai

‘rope’

*wama

‘hornbill’

*wankori

‘crocodile’

*war

‘root’

*warun

‘fence’

*-wasa

‘gills’

*wesin

‘hand (of bananas)’

*womin

‘servant, captive’

*wonan

‘six’

*wonkan

‘plank’

*wor

‘sun’

*wori

‘sea spirit’

*woroi

‘far’

*-yaru

‘casuarina’

*yawa

‘hut’