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Gravelle (2004): Meyah

Original citation: Gravelle, Gilles. 2004. The Meyah Language of Papua. PhD thesis, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam.

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Headword	IPA	Glosses
ábja	ab˩˥dʒa	‘young girl’
adaij	adaidʒ	‘enough, adequate’
adredra	adrɛdra	‘screech’
áfij	a˩˥ɸidʒ	transitive v. ‘cross water’
ága	a˩˥ɡa	‘hang’
ága eitéij gij	a˩˥ɡa ɛitɛidʒ˩˥ ɡidʒ	‘peek’
ága már gij	a˩˥ɡa mar˩˥ ɡidʒ	‘intervene’
ága ofon gij	a˩˥ɡa oɸon ɡidʒ	‘reprimand’
agáit	aɡait˩˥	‘crowd’
agasá	aɡasa˩˥	‘chop’
ágatit	a˩˥ɡatit	adj. ‘clogged’
agéb	aɡɛb˩˥	‘arch over’
agebén	aɡɛbɛn˩˥	‘sink, drown’
agégéb	aɡɛ˩˥ɡɛb˩˥	‘leaning, bent’
ágei	a˩˥ɡɛi	‘grab, hold’
ágei mos	a˩˥ɡɛi mos	v. ‘fish’
ágei ogá	a˩˥ɡɛi oɡa˩˥	‘obey’
ágeinéinéi	a˩˥ɡɛinɛi˩˥nɛi˩˥	‘compel’
agén	aɡɛn˩˥	‘promise’
agerír	aɡɛrir˩˥	‘yell’
ágeya	a˩˥ɡɛja	‘scoop’
agób	aɡob˩˥	‘strike (with an object)’
agób joúg	aɡob˩˥ dʒouɡ˩˥	‘hinder, block’
agób mebí	aɡob˩˥ mɛbi˩˥	‘hoe’
agós	aɡos˩˥	‘die, dead’
ágoská	a˩˥ɡoska˩˥	‘sway’
agosú	aɡosu˩˥	‘north’
agosuít	aɡosuit˩˥	‘listen’
agosús	aɡosus˩˥	‘carve’
agót	aɡot˩˥	‘say, speak’
agót joug	aɡot˩˥ dʒouɡ	‘command’
agót rót	aɡot˩˥ rot˩˥	‘decide’
ah	ah	‘lie down’
ah áhingkongka	ah a˩˥hiŋkoŋka	‘sleep soundly’
ah císamesa	ah tʃi˩˥samɛsa	‘jammed, stuck’
ah gij éfera	ah ɡidʒ ɛ˩˥ɸɛra	‘happen’
ah igéf	ah iɡɛɸ˩˥	v. ‘abandon’
ah jah	ah dʒah	‘sleep’
ah jah keíngg	ah dʒah kɛiŋɡ˩˥	‘convalesce’
ah jejemá	ah dʒɛdʒɛma˩˥	‘hidden’
ah már oforú	ah mar˩˥ oɸoru˩˥	‘chat’
ah mógugun	ah mo˩˥ɡuɡun	‘sleep (without a fire)’
ah rót ongkás	ah rot˩˥ oŋkas˩˥	‘intact’
ah toumnóumná	ah toumnoum˩˥na˩˥	‘known, revealed’
áha	a˩˥ha	‘put’
áha emésijma	a˩˥ha ɛmɛ˩˥sidʒma	‘stack’
áha már kéingg	a˩˥ha mar˩˥ kɛiŋɡ˩˥	‘afflict’
áha méisóhú	a˩˥ha mɛi˩˥so˩˥hu˩˥	‘regurgitate’
aháh	ahah˩˥	‘grate’
ahahér	ahahɛr˩˥	‘dried up (e.g. liquid)’
áhahmáha	a˩˥hahma˩˥ha	v. ‘pant’
ahaís	ahais˩˥	‘strong (of inanimate objects)’
ahaís joúg	ahais˩˥ dʒouɡ˩˥	‘strict’
ahaísent	ahai˩˥sɛnt	‘cuss, scorn’
ahaísomú	ahai˩˥somu˩˥	‘joke around, play’
ahaísomú gij	ahai˩˥somu˩˥ ɡidʒ	‘stir’
aharuká	aharuka˩˥	‘direct, straight’
ahí igérs	ahi˩˥ iɡɛrs˩˥	‘marry’
ahkéna	ahkɛ˩˥na	‘shave’
ahtá	ahta˩˥	‘itchy’
áhtah	ah˩˥tah	‘black, stain’
áhtec	ah˩˥tɛtʃ	‘touch’
aínsóma	ain˩˥so˩˥ma	‘that is all’
akí	aki˩˥	‘foot’
akí edí	aki˩˥ ɛdi˩˥	‘kick’
akí emageíma	aki˩˥ ɛmaɡɛi˩˥ma	‘elephantiasis’
akí ofúfú	aki˩˥ oɸu˩˥ɸu˩˥	‘crippled’
akí otot	aki˩˥ otot	‘ankle’
akí ówoha	aki˩˥ o˩˥woha	‘limp’
akíd	akid˩˥	‘tie up’
akíd erék egéns	akid˩˥ ɛrɛk˩˥ ɛɡɛns˩˥	‘bundle’
áksa	ak˩˥sa	‘tall’
aksísí	aksi˩˥si˩˥	‘cleara garden’
ámba efébr	am˩˥ba ɛɸɛbr˩˥	‘plank’
améina	amɛi˩˥na	‘mother (1SG POSS)’
ánggrai	aŋ˩˥ɡrai	‘lemon’
ánggum	aŋ˩˥ɡum	‘cotton, kapok’
ángha	aŋ˩˥ha	v. ‘whip’
angkía	aŋki˩˥a	‘sago spoon’
anjób	andʒob˩˥	‘border’
anjód	andʒod˩˥	‘cockroach’
áras	a˩˥ras	‘hour’
árgomoga	ar˩˥ɡomoɡa	‘unobstructed’
ári	a˩˥ri	‘week’
ári megá ofój	a˩˥ri mɛɡa˩˥ oɸodʒ˩˥	n. ‘age’
ariáwun	aria˩˥wun	‘medicine (generic term)’
ariáwun ofog	aria˩˥wun oɸoɡ	‘pill’
árja	ar˩˥dʒa	‘bride’
arní	arni˩˥	‘tongue’
arúgus	aru˩˥ɡus	‘mosquito (small variety)’
arúgus ebahí	aru˩˥ɡus ɛbahi˩˥	‘gnat’
asá	asa˩˥	‘husk’
askesí	askɛsi˩˥	‘while, at the same time’
askesí ros	askɛsi˩˥ ros	v. ‘progress’
asók	asok˩˥	‘girl’
awesí	awɛsi˩˥	‘opening, mouth, beak, bill, snout’
awesí éineina	awɛsi˩˥ ɛi˩˥nɛina	‘mumble’
ayúg	ajuɡ˩˥	‘coconut’
bebín	bɛbin˩˥	‘your, you possess, 2SG’
bedá	bɛda˩˥	‘then, next’
berá	bɛra˩˥	‘topic marker’
bésa	bɛ˩˥sa	‘possibly’
Bílis	bi˩˥lis	‘Satan’
bísag	bi˩˥saɡ	‘sirsak’
bókor efeyí	bo˩˥kor ɛɸɛji˩˥	‘plate’
búa	bu˩˥a	‘you, 2SG’
búrwa	bur˩˥wa	‘crate, coffin’
cinjá	tʃindʒa˩˥	‘five’
cinjá erfeká	tʃindʒa˩˥ ɛrɸɛka˩˥	‘seven’
cinjá erféns	tʃindʒa˩˥ ɛrɸɛns˩˥	‘six’
cinjá orfomú	tʃindʒa˩˥ orɸomu˩˥	‘eight’
cinjá tohkurú	tʃindʒa˩˥ tohkuru˩˥	‘nine’
ckog	tʃkoɡ	‘day after tomorrow’
cmug	tʃmuɡ	‘three days from now’
cóklat	tʃo˩˥klat	‘brown’
dánsusk	dan˩˥susk	‘later’
daróu	darou˩˥	‘turtle’
debéji	dɛbɛ˩˥dʒi	‘pot (earthen)’
déci	dɛ˩˥tʃi	‘slow, careful’
dedín	dɛdin˩˥	‘my, I possess’
deginí	dɛɡini˩˥	‘below, low’
déika	dɛi˩˥ka	‘more’
déis	dɛis˩˥	‘middle’
deisef	dɛisɛɸ	‘today’
déismos	dɛis˩˥mos	‘center’
dekték	dɛktɛk˩˥	‘long time’
desí	dɛsi˩˥	‘next to’
didif	didiɸ	‘me, I, 1SG’
dogdog	doɡdoɡ	‘one-by-one’
dóida	doi˩˥da	‘near’
dojúnmení	dodʒun˩˥mɛni˩˥	‘in the beginning, at first’
dókun	do˩˥kun	‘additional’
doská	doska˩˥	‘very, much’
éb	ɛb˩˥	‘fry, sew’
ebá	ɛba˩˥	‘wrap’
éba	ɛ˩˥ba	‘weave (i.e. inter-weave)’
ébah	ɛ˩˥bah	‘raw’
ebahah	ɛbahah	‘dense (as in clouds)’
ebahétkit	ɛbahɛt˩˥kit	‘impressive’
ebdíbdíb	ɛbdib˩˥dib˩˥	‘tell genealogy stories’
ebedá	ɛbɛda˩˥	‘drop’
ebeibeyaíf	ɛbɛibɛjaiɸ˩˥	‘now’
ebeiréns	ɛbɛirɛns˩˥	‘fast, early’
ébera	ɛ˩˥bɛra	‘full’
ebérbera	ɛbɛr˩˥bɛra	‘spread, leak, overflow’
ébes	ɛ˩˥bɛs	‘avoid’
ebeyí	ɛbɛji˩˥	‘feces’
ebgá	ɛbɡa˩˥	‘torn’
ébib	ɛ˩˥bib	‘swing’
ebíc	ɛbitʃ˩˥	‘cluster, group’
ebíd	ɛbid˩˥	‘nip’
ebiedí	ɛbiɛdi˩˥	‘connect’
ebíj	ɛbidʒ˩˥	‘pull out’
ebíkisgí	ɛbi˩˥kisɡi˩˥	‘widowed’
ebiréira	ɛbirɛi˩˥ra	‘arbitrary’
ebírfagá	ɛbir˩˥ɸaɡa˩˥	‘head, chief’
ebírfagá erebíbei	ɛbir˩˥ɸaɡa˩˥ ɛrɛbi˩˥bɛi	‘drunk’
ebírfagá ófora efek	ɛbir˩˥ɸaɡa˩˥ o˩˥ɸora ɛɸɛk	‘stubborn’
ebírfagá okóra	ɛbir˩˥ɸaɡa˩˥ oko˩˥ra	‘headache’
ebírfagá ombréra	ɛbir˩˥ɸaɡa˩˥ ombrɛ˩˥ra	‘stubborn’
ebírfeka	ɛbir˩˥ɸɛka	v. ‘sweat’
ebís	ɛbis˩˥	‘heap’
ebísa	ɛbi˩˥sa	‘cry’
ebriyí	ɛbriji˩˥	‘break’
ébsei	ɛb˩˥sɛi	‘infertile (women)’
ebseya	ɛbsɛja	v. ‘shell’
ebsí	ɛbsi˩˥	‘white’
ebsí kómowa	ɛbsi˩˥ ko˩˥mowa	‘pure’
ébskir	ɛbs˩˥kir	‘family’
éc	ɛtʃ˩˥	‘dip, scratch (an itch)’
ecí	ɛtʃi˩˥	‘genital’
ecí ofój	ɛtʃi˩˥ oɸodʒ˩˥	‘penis’
ecí ofóngga	ɛtʃi˩˥ oɸoŋ˩˥ɡa	‘testicle’
ecíra	ɛtʃi˩˥ra	‘travel’
ecíra akí	ɛtʃi˩˥ra aki˩˥	‘walk’
ecíra jóug	ɛtʃi˩˥ra dʒouɡ˩˥	‘patrol’
ecíra rót	ɛtʃi˩˥ra rot˩˥	‘lead, enact’
ecírecíra	ɛtʃi˩˥rɛtʃi˩˥ra	‘wander’
ecíreij	ɛtʃi˩˥rɛidʒ	‘crash’
eciyí	ɛtʃiji˩˥	‘tingle’
ecká	ɛtʃka˩˥	‘leak’
écka	ɛtʃ˩˥ka	‘day before yesterday’
eckíh	ɛtʃkih˩˥	v. ‘trail’
édagá	ɛ˩˥daɡa˩˥	‘take down’
édamogma	ɛ˩˥damoɡma	‘equivalent’
edebeckí	ɛdɛbɛtʃki˩˥	‘arise’
edéi	ɛdɛi˩˥	‘push’
edéider	ɛdɛi˩˥dɛr	‘level’
edéigei	ɛdɛi˩˥ɡɛi	‘crowded’
edémdemí	ɛdɛm˩˥dɛmi˩˥	‘unknown’
edémí	ɛdɛ˩˥mi˩˥	‘hide’
edémí odóu ofogóg	ɛdɛ˩˥mi˩˥ odou˩˥ oɸoɡoɡ˩˥	‘resentful’
edémí odoú oská	ɛdɛ˩˥mi˩˥ odou˩˥ oska˩˥	‘grudge’
edí	ɛdi˩˥	‘hit, bump’
edíb	ɛdib˩˥	‘track animals’
edíedí	ɛdi˩˥ɛdi˩˥	‘peck’
edís	ɛdis˩˥	‘insert’
ef	ɛɸ	‘shoot an arrow’
éf	ɛɸ˩˥	transitive v. ‘hang’
éf már	ɛɸ˩˥ mar˩˥	‘work’
éf nóu mówa	ɛɸ˩˥ nou˩˥ mo˩˥wa	‘dry out (hang for sun)’
efá	ɛɸa˩˥	‘suck’
éfa	ɛ˩˥ɸa	v. ‘cage’
efá mosokú	ɛɸa˩˥ mosoku˩˥	‘smoke (suck a cigarette)’
efagá	ɛɸaɡa˩˥	‘body, classifier for non-human animate nouns’
efagá efetmá	ɛɸaɡa˩˥ ɛɸɛtma˩˥	‘body-part’
efagá egéka	ɛɸaɡa˩˥ ɛɡɛ˩˥ka	‘pregnant’
efagá esirí	ɛɸaɡa˩˥ ɛsiri˩˥	‘gaunt’
efagá ókum	ɛɸaɡa˩˥ o˩˥kum	‘pregnant’
efagá ongkuás	ɛɸaɡa˩˥ oŋkuas˩˥	‘slim’
efagá óskukwók	ɛɸaɡa˩˥ os˩˥kukwok˩˥	‘obese’
efarur	ɛɸarur	‘work’
efeb	ɛɸɛb	‘framework, design’
eféb	ɛɸɛb˩˥	‘bowstring’
efebarí	ɛɸɛbari˩˥	‘cliff face’
efebí	ɛɸɛbi˩˥	‘fruit, vegetable, classifier for food that grows on trees and vines’
efébr	ɛɸɛbr˩˥	‘thin (flat objects)’
efébri	ɛɸɛ˩˥bri	‘coarse’
efecík	ɛɸɛtʃik˩˥	‘lung’
eféd	ɛɸɛd˩˥	‘ingredient’
efedá	ɛɸɛda˩˥	‘many (inanimate things that stand)’
eféda	ɛɸɛ˩˥da	‘remorseful’
efefá	ɛɸɛɸa˩˥	‘nest’
efefí	ɛɸɛɸi˩˥	‘wide’
eféi	ɛɸɛi˩˥	‘liquid, fluid’
eféiféya	ɛɸɛi˩˥ɸɛ˩˥ja	‘chopped up (e.g. food items)’
eféinah	ɛɸɛi˩˥nah	‘new’
eféira	ɛɸɛi˩˥ra	v. ‘foam’
eféirora	ɛɸɛi˩˥rora	‘immediately’
efej	ɛɸɛdʒ	‘dehydrated, cooked’
eféj	ɛɸɛdʒ˩˥	‘seed (e.g. cassava, sweet potato)’
efejí	ɛɸɛdʒi˩˥	‘hair, fur, feather’
efek	ɛɸɛk	‘gall bladder’
efék	ɛɸɛk˩˥	‘fruit (generic), vegetable (generic)’
efék	ɛɸɛk˩˥	‘hard (e.g. animate objects), strong (e.g. animate objects)’
efékeifá	ɛɸɛ˩˥kɛiɸa˩˥	‘disgusting’
efekésa	ɛɸɛkɛ˩˥sa	‘among, opportunity’
efékra	ɛɸɛ˩˥kra	‘bark cloth’
efemá	ɛɸɛma˩˥	‘tuber, legume, classifier for food that grows in the ground’
efémbra	ɛɸɛm˩˥bra	‘edge’
efémbra ofój	ɛɸɛm˩˥bra oɸodʒ˩˥	‘shoulder’
efémbra ofóu	ɛɸɛm˩˥bra oɸou˩˥	‘wing’
efemebí	ɛɸɛmɛbi˩˥	‘heart’
efemebí éftirirkor	ɛɸɛmɛbi˩˥ ɛɸ˩˥tirirkor	‘heartbeat’
efén	ɛɸɛn˩˥	‘trim’
éfen	ɛ˩˥ɸɛn	‘his, hers, he possesses, she possesses’
efén eféra	ɛɸɛn˩˥ ɛɸɛ˩˥ra	‘cost’
efén éita már	ɛɸɛn˩˥ ɛi˩˥ta mar˩˥	n. ‘behavior’
efén mar okowú	ɛɸɛn˩˥ mar okowu˩˥	‘debtor’
efén ofód	ɛɸɛn˩˥ oɸod˩˥	‘extra’
efená	ɛɸɛna˩˥	‘spirit, soul, reflection’
efená ébah	ɛɸɛna˩˥ ɛ˩˥bah	‘alive’
efená éfej	ɛɸɛna˩˥ ɛ˩˥ɸɛdʒ	‘dead’
efená éinéina	ɛɸɛna˩˥ ɛi˩˥nɛi˩˥na	‘nervous’
efená ekér gij	ɛɸɛna˩˥ ɛkɛr˩˥ ɡidʒ	‘trust’
efená órka	ɛɸɛna˩˥ or˩˥ka	‘shadow’
efená oskeréta	ɛɸɛna˩˥ oskɛrɛ˩˥ta	‘scoff’
efená osunsumú	ɛɸɛna˩˥ osunsumu˩˥	‘incapable’
efendóks	ɛɸɛndoks˩˥	‘valley floor’
efení	ɛɸɛni˩˥	‘breath, spirit’
efér	ɛɸɛr˩˥	‘animal offspring’
eféra	ɛɸɛ˩˥ra	n. ‘wound, sore’
eféra ebgá	ɛɸɛ˩˥ra ɛbɡa˩˥	‘fester’
eféra etéfa	ɛɸɛ˩˥ra ɛtɛ˩˥ɸa	‘infant’
eféra ofamósma	ɛɸɛ˩˥ra oɸamos˩˥ma	‘scar’
eféra okóra	ɛɸɛ˩˥ra oko˩˥ra	‘suffer’
eféra osók	ɛɸɛ˩˥ra osok˩˥	‘expensive’
eferwéi	ɛɸɛrwɛi˩˥	‘replace’
efés	ɛɸɛs˩˥	‘young’
éfes	ɛ˩˥ɸɛs	‘fat’
efesá	ɛɸɛsa˩˥	‘child’
efésa	ɛɸɛ˩˥sa	‘bright’
efesá akí egéns	ɛɸɛsa˩˥ aki˩˥ ɛɡɛns˩˥	‘last surviving child’
efesá ojagá	ɛɸɛsa˩˥ odʒaɡa˩˥	‘daughter’
efesá óna	ɛɸɛsa˩˥ o˩˥na	‘son’
efesá osúmbohká	ɛɸɛsa˩˥ osum˩˥bohka˩˥	‘oldest child’
efesbéda	ɛɸɛsbɛ˩˥da	‘spacious’
efeséiba	ɛɸɛsɛi˩˥ba	‘expansive’
efésgrei	ɛɸɛs˩˥ɡrɛi	‘fin’
efesí	ɛɸɛsi˩˥	‘hole, interior’
efesi krení	ɛɸɛsi krɛni˩˥	‘hot’
efesíj	ɛɸɛsidʒ˩˥	‘tell, explain’
efesíjg	ɛɸɛsidʒɡ˩˥	‘empty’
efesís	ɛɸɛsis˩˥	‘intelligent’
efét	ɛɸɛt˩˥	‘scorch’
efetá	ɛɸɛta˩˥	‘smooth’
efétma	ɛɸɛt˩˥ma	‘branch’
éfeyaga	ɛ˩˥ɸɛjaɡa	‘expound’
eféyah	ɛɸɛ˩˥jah	‘sharp edge’
efeyí	ɛɸɛji˩˥	‘leaf, classifier for flat objects’
efeyí	ɛɸɛji˩˥	‘paper’
efífij	ɛɸi˩˥ɸidʒ	‘swell’
éfin	ɛ˩˥ɸin	‘spin, twist’
éfin ogá	ɛ˩˥ɸin oɡa˩˥	‘revile’
efírei	ɛɸi˩˥rɛi	‘enlarge’
éfna	ɛɸ˩˥na	‘flash’
efníf	ɛɸniɸ˩˥	‘glance back’
éftirir	ɛɸ˩˥tirir	‘flick’
eg	ɛɡ	‘hear, smell’
égaho	ɛ˩˥ɡaho	‘how many/much’
egeg	ɛɡɛɡ	‘audible’
egéka	ɛɡɛ˩˥ka	‘two’
egéka tein	ɛɡɛ˩˥ka tɛin	‘both’
egéma	ɛɡɛ˩˥ma	‘some’
egéns	ɛɡɛns˩˥	‘one’
égib	ɛ˩˥ɡib	‘pick, pluck’
egigír	ɛɡiɡir˩˥	‘spark’
egmá	ɛɡma˩˥	‘tame’
egrís	ɛɡris˩˥	‘left’
éi	ɛi˩˥	‘build’
éi eféb	ɛi˩˥ ɛɸɛb˩˥	‘draw, paint’
éiba	ɛi˩˥ba	‘step on’
éifef	ɛi˩˥ɸɛɸ	‘climb on’
éij	ɛidʒ˩˥	‘throw’
éij keingg	ɛidʒ˩˥ kɛiŋɡ	‘cover up, cover over’
éij oforá efék	ɛidʒ˩˥ oɸora˩˥ ɛɸɛk˩˥	‘endeavor’
éij ogá	ɛidʒ˩˥ oɡa˩˥	‘vote’
eijínc	ɛidʒintʃ˩˥	‘twist (e.g. string or rope)’
eimofój	ɛimoɸodʒ˩˥	‘time (a specific point in time)’
ein	ɛin	intransitive v. ‘hang’
éinéina	ɛi˩˥nɛi˩˥na	‘tremble, shake’
éira	ɛi˩˥ra	‘solar heat’
éirirber	ɛi˩˥rirbɛr	‘shiny, valuable’
éisa	ɛi˩˥sa	‘flame, shine’
éisera	ɛi˩˥sɛra	‘contradict’
eisisí	ɛisisi˩˥	‘advise’
eisisí joug	ɛisisi˩˥ dʒouɡ	‘admonish’
eisisí kéingg	ɛisisi˩˥ kɛiŋɡ˩˥	‘remind, warn’
éiskijek	ɛis˩˥kidʒɛk	‘appropriate’
éita	ɛi˩˥ta	‘give, take, do’
éita eskéira	ɛi˩˥ta ɛskɛi˩˥ra	‘heal (give clean to)’
éita jéska	ɛi˩˥ta dʒɛs˩˥ka	‘reduce (take from)’
éita már	ɛi˩˥ta mar˩˥	‘behave (do thing)’
éita orogná	ɛi˩˥ta oroɡna˩˥	‘remove’
eitéij ah	ɛitɛidʒ˩˥ ah	‘life’
eitéij ah kéingg	ɛitɛidʒ˩˥ ah kɛiŋɡ˩˥	‘observe, spy’
eitéij efejí	ɛitɛidʒ˩˥ ɛɸɛdʒi˩˥	‘eyelash’
eitéij efeta	ɛitɛidʒ˩˥ ɛɸɛta	‘gluttonous’
eitéij emésa	ɛitɛidʒ˩˥ ɛmɛ˩˥sa	‘afraid (only applies to animals)’
eitéij ofóu	ɛitɛidʒ˩˥ oɸou˩˥	‘blind’
eitéij ons	ɛitɛidʒ˩˥ ons	‘cross-eyed’
eitkítkí	ɛitkit˩˥ki˩˥	‘limp’
eitóh	ɛitoh˩˥	‘tear’
eitoufú	ɛitouɸu˩˥	‘forehead’
ej	ɛdʒ	‘peel (e.g. banana), open (e.g. mouth)’
éj	ɛdʒ˩˥	‘drink’
éja	ɛ˩˥dʒa	‘go’
éja ebeyí	ɛ˩˥dʒa ɛbɛji˩˥	‘defecate’
éja edí	ɛ˩˥dʒa ɛdi˩˥	‘achieve’
éja efená gij	ɛ˩˥dʒa ɛɸɛna˩˥ ɡidʒ	‘safe’
éja erék	ɛ˩˥dʒa ɛrɛk˩˥	‘become’
éja etéb	ɛ˩˥dʒa ɛtɛb˩˥	‘grow up’
éja jeska	ɛ˩˥dʒa dʒɛska	‘move’
éjba	ɛdʒ˩˥ba	‘cave in’
ejéibibi	ɛdʒɛi˩˥bibi	v. ‘dock’
ejéka	ɛdʒɛ˩˥ka	v. ‘ask, name’
ejéka joúg	ɛdʒɛ˩˥ka dʒouɡ˩˥	‘interrogate’
ejékjéka odóu	ɛdʒɛk˩˥dʒɛ˩˥ka odou˩˥	‘worried’
éjema	ɛ˩˥dʒɛma	‘crawl’
ejér	ɛdʒɛr˩˥	‘blow out’
ejéres	ɛdʒɛ˩˥rɛs	‘crushed’
éjgi	ɛdʒ˩˥ɡi	‘withhold’
éjgi joug	ɛdʒ˩˥ɡi dʒouɡ	‘capture’
ejgijgí	ɛdʒɡidʒɡi˩˥	‘scrape’
éjginaga	ɛdʒ˩˥ɡinaɡa	‘know’
éjgwaga	ɛdʒɡ˩˥waɡa	‘doomsday, end of time (reportedly a Meyah concept)’
ejí	ɛdʒi˩˥	‘dig’
ejí meg	ɛdʒi˩˥ mɛɡ	‘row’
ejibí	ɛdʒibi˩˥	‘vanish (i.e. disappear into the distance)’
éjinten	ɛ˩˥dʒintɛn	‘illuminate’
ejitér	ɛdʒitɛr˩˥	‘sleep-talk’
ejitéyi	ɛdʒitɛ˩˥ji	‘placate (e.g. spirits)’
ejmég	ɛdʒmɛɡ˩˥	‘back, behind’
ejmég etéfa	ɛdʒmɛɡ˩˥ ɛtɛ˩˥ɸa	‘industrious’
ejmég oforá agéb	ɛdʒmɛɡ˩˥ oɸora˩˥ aɡɛb˩˥	‘hunch-back’
ejmég ówesa	ɛdʒmɛɡ˩˥ o˩˥wɛsa	‘weakling’
ek	ɛk	‘inject’
ék	ɛk˩˥	‘see, find’
ék tumú	ɛk˩˥ tumu˩˥	‘notice’
eka	ɛka	‘crack’
éka	ɛ˩˥ka	‘dam’
ékeba	ɛ˩˥kɛba	intransive v. ‘split up, divide’
ekebén	ɛkɛbɛn˩˥	‘press’
ekémba	ɛkɛm˩˥ba	‘sour’
ekémejí	ɛkɛ˩˥mɛdʒi˩˥	‘chase away’
ekencíc	ɛkɛntʃitʃ˩˥	‘molar tooth’
ekeni	ɛkɛni	‘red’
ekení mebí	ɛkɛni˩˥ mɛbi˩˥	‘brown’
ekénkera	ɛkɛn˩˥kɛra	‘pale colored’
ekér	ɛkɛr˩˥	‘sit, stay’
ekér gú okeibí	ɛkɛr˩˥ ɡu˩˥ okɛibi˩˥	‘squat’
ekér joug	ɛkɛr˩˥ dʒouɡ	‘watch over’
ekér keingg	ɛkɛr˩˥ kɛiŋɡ	‘stop (e.g. working, moving)’
ekér kéingg ofóns	ɛkɛr˩˥ kɛiŋɡ˩˥ oɸons˩˥	‘rest’
ekér rót	ɛkɛr˩˥ rot˩˥	‘wait’
ekíd	ɛkid˩˥	v. ‘poison’
ekíkif	ɛki˩˥kiɸ	‘turn’
ekirárá	ɛkira˩˥ra˩˥	‘trust’
ekírsa	ɛkir˩˥sa	‘greater, more’
ekírsa rót	ɛkir˩˥sa rot˩˥	‘exceed’
ékrara	ɛ˩˥krara	‘loose’
ékris	ɛ˩˥kris	‘tear up, beat up’
emaga	ɛmaɡa	‘south’
embá	ɛmba˩˥	‘odorous’
emédima	ɛmɛ˩˥dima	‘collide’
eméinma	ɛmɛin˩˥ma	‘narrow’
emekírsema	ɛmɛkir˩˥sɛma	‘unequal’
emésa	ɛmɛ˩˥sa	‘afraid’
emésa joúg	ɛmɛ˩˥sa dʒouɡ˩˥	‘regret’
émfa	ɛm˩˥ɸa	‘raise (e.g. animals)’
en	ɛn	‘come’
én	ɛn˩˥	‘blow (on a triton shell, flute)’
en oforá	ɛn oɸora˩˥	‘stretch (e.g. body, bones)’
enágei ogá gurú	ɛna˩˥ɡɛi oɡa˩˥ ɡuru˩˥	‘disobey’
enáhuma	ɛna˩˥huma	‘exist (inanimate objects)’
enáma	ɛna˩˥ma	‘other side’
enckíj	ɛntʃkidʒ˩˥	‘able’
enébna	ɛnɛb˩˥na	‘naughty’
enecíra gij gurú	ɛnɛtʃi˩˥ra ɡidʒ ɡuru˩˥	‘miss’
enedéider gurú	ɛnɛdɛi˩˥dɛr ɡuru˩˥	‘bumpy’
enéfa	ɛnɛ˩˥ɸa	‘sneeze’
énemena	ɛ˩˥nɛmɛna	‘edible’
enesí	ɛnɛsi˩˥	‘not yet’
enesí efesí	ɛnɛsi˩˥ ɛɸɛsi˩˥	‘armpit’
eneyá	ɛnɛja˩˥	‘another’
enggén	ɛŋɡɛn˩˥	‘navel, umbilical cord’
engk	ɛŋk	‘buy’
engkíngk	ɛŋkiŋk˩˥	‘knock’
engkíngk etmá	ɛŋkiŋk˩˥ ɛtma˩˥	‘clap’
engkwesí	ɛŋkwɛsi˩˥	‘chest’
ení	ɛni˩˥	‘stagnant’
enjai	ɛndʒai	‘disturb’
enjginég	ɛndʒɡinɛɡ˩˥	‘other’
ensésa	ɛnsɛ˩˥sa	‘fragrant’
énsis	ɛn˩˥sis	‘old’
er	ɛr	‘grow’
erá	ɛra˩˥	‘yank’
éra	ɛ˩˥ra	‘use’
éra etmá erení	ɛ˩˥ra ɛtma˩˥ ɛrɛni˩˥	‘signal’
éra már eréita	ɛ˩˥ra mar˩˥ ɛrɛi˩˥ta	‘curse’
éra mei	ɛ˩˥ra mɛi	‘swim’
éra odóu oróhuma	ɛ˩˥ra odou˩˥ oro˩˥huma	‘turn over’
érabirmá	ɛ˩˥rabirma˩˥	‘scatter’
érabj	ɛ˩˥rabdʒ	v. ‘pass, overtake’
eradgodú	ɛradɡodu˩˥	‘jostle’
éragrina	ɛ˩˥raɡrina	‘scratch’
éráháhmá	ɛ˩˥ra˩˥hah˩˥ma˩˥	‘grieve’
érajgéj	ɛ˩˥radʒɡɛdʒ˩˥	v. ‘coil’
érameníma	ɛ˩˥ramɛni˩˥ma	‘compare’
erebént	ɛrɛbɛnt˩˥	‘ritualize’
erebíbei	ɛrɛbi˩˥bɛi	‘dizzy’
érefa	ɛ˩˥rɛɸa	v. ‘plant’
ereibeyí	ɛrɛibɛji˩˥	‘cuddle’
eréibib	ɛrɛi˩˥bib	‘linger’
ereijmá	ɛrɛidʒma˩˥	‘indirect’
éréikéyá	ɛ˩˥rɛi˩˥kɛ˩˥ja˩˥	‘satisfy (in regard to eating), satiate (in regard to eating)’
ereikók	ɛrɛikok˩˥	‘fertilize’
éreirirí	ɛ˩˥rɛiriri˩˥	n. ‘stepchild’
eréjgei	ɛrɛdʒ˩˥ɡɛi	‘request’
eréjgéjgei	ɛrɛdʒ˩˥ɡɛdʒ˩˥ɡɛi	‘beg’
eréjréj	ɛrɛdʒ˩˥rɛdʒ˩˥	‘surround’
erék	ɛrɛk˩˥	‘as, like, (copular verb)’
erék kóma tiná	ɛrɛk˩˥ ko˩˥ma tina˩˥	‘however’
érémededíma	ɛ˩˥rɛ˩˥mɛdɛdi˩˥ma	‘collect’
éremesesema	ɛ˩˥rɛmɛsɛsɛma	‘join (sides)’
éremetéma	ɛ˩˥rɛmɛtɛ˩˥ma	‘tangle’
erenení	ɛrɛnɛni˩˥	‘tempt’
erení	ɛrɛni˩˥	‘try’
erení dékték	ɛrɛni˩˥ dɛk˩˥tɛk˩˥	‘delay’
erení jení	ɛrɛni˩˥ dʒɛni˩˥	‘measure’
erení réiréi	ɛrɛni˩˥ rɛi˩˥rɛi˩˥	‘pretend’
erér	ɛrɛr˩˥	‘splash’
ererá	ɛrɛra˩˥	‘hug’
érera	ɛ˩˥rɛra	‘spicy hot’
éresa	ɛ˩˥rɛsa	‘visit’
ereská	ɛrɛska˩˥	‘persuade, sprinkle’
éret	ɛ˩˥rɛt	‘burnt’
ergékeka	ɛrɡɛ˩˥kɛka	‘few’
ergí	ɛrɡi˩˥	‘wear’
ériaga	ɛ˩˥riaɡa	‘weak, mild’
eríbseb	ɛrib˩˥sɛb	‘singe’
eríra	ɛri˩˥ra	‘wavy’
erís	ɛris˩˥	‘cut’
erís ófom már gij ófos	ɛris˩˥ o˩˥ɸom mar˩˥ ɡidʒ o˩˥ɸos	‘circumcise’
es	ɛs	‘prop up, bend, fall (of rain)’
és	ɛs˩˥	‘planting hole, vagina’
es már	ɛs mar˩˥	‘pledge, make an oath’
es okeibí gú mebí	ɛs okɛibi˩˥ ɡu˩˥ mɛbi˩˥	‘kneel’
esa	ɛsa	‘send (e.g. inanimate object)’
esa már emesesema	ɛsa mar˩˥ ɛmɛsɛsɛma	‘trade’
esa már skóita	ɛsa mar˩˥ skoi˩˥ta	‘work magic’
ésa már sons	ɛ˩˥sa mar˩˥ sons	‘retaliate’
esa meitéfa rót	ɛsa mɛitɛ˩˥ɸa rot˩˥	v. ‘spear’
esa oubúkum	ɛsa oubu˩˥kum	‘gore’
ésagá	ɛ˩˥saɡa˩˥	‘arrive, reach’
ésagá kéingg	ɛ˩˥saɡa˩˥ kɛiŋɡ˩˥	‘show up’
esáh	ɛsah˩˥	v. ‘store’
esbá	ɛsba˩˥	‘uncover’
esbéi	ɛsbɛi˩˥	‘crack open’
ésceja	ɛs˩˥tʃɛdʒa	‘shield’
esébsédeij	ɛsɛb˩˥sɛ˩˥dɛidʒ	‘hasty’
eséda	ɛsɛ˩˥da	‘slap’
eséiséifá	ɛsɛi˩˥sɛi˩˥ɸa˩˥	‘disappear, lost’
esejah	ɛsɛdʒah	‘prepare’
esejah odóu ofogóg	ɛsɛdʒah odou˩˥ oɸoɡoɡ˩˥	‘threaten’
esembá	ɛsɛmba˩˥	‘rotten’
ésenin	ɛ˩˥sɛnin	‘shine on’
eserefí	ɛsɛrɛɸi˩˥	‘dissolve’
esesí	ɛsɛsi˩˥	‘drift’
esesíf	ɛsɛsiɸ˩˥	‘back up’
esét	ɛsɛt˩˥	‘cook above a fire’
esí	ɛsi˩˥	‘untie’
esíh	ɛsih˩˥	‘dream’
ésij	ɛ˩˥sidʒ	‘on top’
esín	ɛsin˩˥	‘poke, aim (e.g. an arrow)’
esíngh	ɛsiŋh˩˥	‘pinch’
esinmoík	ɛsinmoik˩˥	‘cry out (of animals)’
esinsá	ɛsinsa˩˥	‘self’
esirefí	ɛsirɛɸi˩˥	‘unroll’
esirí	ɛsiri˩˥	‘fall down’
esirí gú	ɛsiri˩˥ ɡu˩˥	‘surrender’
esirí jeska	ɛsiri˩˥ dʒɛska	v. ‘lack’
esíska	ɛsis˩˥ka	‘escape’
esitít	ɛsitit˩˥	‘praise’
esitít esinsá efagá	ɛsitit˩˥ ɛsinsa˩˥ ɛɸaɡa˩˥	‘brag’
esjíbejí	ɛsdʒi˩˥bɛdʒi˩˥	adj. ‘temper’
éska	ɛs˩˥ka	‘bite, sting’
eskéirá	ɛskɛi˩˥ra˩˥	‘clean’
eskéirámerá	ɛskɛi˩˥ra˩˥mɛra˩˥	‘peaceful’
eskembá	ɛskɛmba˩˥	adj. ‘variety’
eskes	ɛskɛs	‘lazy’
eskiskí	ɛskiski˩˥	‘roll, revolve’
esma	ɛsma	‘receive’
esmá	ɛsma˩˥	‘collapse’
ésma	ɛs˩˥ma	‘snatch away’
esma máreibra	ɛsma ma˩˥rɛibra	‘inherit’
esmef	ɛsmɛɸ	‘turn around’
está	ɛsta˩˥	‘backside’
está oforá	ɛsta˩˥ oɸora˩˥	‘backbone’
estir	ɛstir	‘short’
et	ɛt	‘eat, taste’
etáha joúg	ɛta˩˥ha dʒouɡ˩˥	‘rebuke’
etéb	ɛtɛb˩˥	‘big, intensifier, very’
etéfa	ɛtɛ˩˥ɸa	‘soft, decompose’
etéitéi	ɛtɛi˩˥tɛi˩˥	‘resist, compete’
étídá	ɛ˩˥ti˩˥da˩˥	‘palm of hand’
etírebsí	ɛti˩˥rɛbsi˩˥	‘shady’
etití	ɛtiti˩˥	‘full (e.g. liquids)’
etítra	ɛti˩˥tra	‘flat’
étka	ɛt˩˥ka	‘split’
etkí	ɛtki˩˥	v. ‘lower’
etmá	ɛtma˩˥	‘hand, arm’
etmá efená	ɛtma˩˥ ɛɸɛna˩˥	‘handwriting’
etmá ofofú	ɛtma˩˥ oɸoɸu˩˥	‘wrist’
éya	ɛ˩˥ja	‘flow’
eyáh	ɛjah˩˥	‘snap in two’
eyáhehir	ɛja˩˥hɛhir	‘forbid’
eyáhehir joug	ɛja˩˥hɛhir dʒouɡ	‘prohibit’
éyajgá	ɛ˩˥jadʒɡa˩˥	‘look, watch’
éyajgá írekera	ɛ˩˥jadʒɡa˩˥ i˩˥rɛkɛra	‘glance around’
éyajgá joug	ɛ˩˥jadʒɡa˩˥ dʒouɡ	‘examine’
éyajgá toutou joug	ɛ˩˥jadʒɡa˩˥ toutou dʒouɡ	‘gaze’
éyefeb	ɛ˩˥jɛɸɛb	n. ‘carving’
eyéiyi	ɛjɛi˩˥ji	‘shed’
eyéj	ɛjɛdʒ˩˥	‘wet’
eyéjkíta	ɛjɛdʒ˩˥ki˩˥ta	‘cold, sweet (e.g. liquid)’
eyéjyéj	ɛjɛdʒ˩˥jɛdʒ˩˥	‘soaked’
eyét	ɛjɛt˩˥	‘stuck on’
eyéyéj	ɛjɛ˩˥jɛdʒ˩˥	‘soaked’
fanín	ɸanin˩˥	‘bottle’
fífi	ɸi˩˥ɸi	‘money’
fikówer	ɸiko˩˥wɛr	‘pickaxe’
fob	ɸob	‘finished’
fog	ɸoɡ	‘first (sequential events)’
fogóra	ɸoɡo˩˥ra	‘cause conjunction’
fúnggan	ɸuŋ˩˥ɡan	‘bush’
gegán	ɡɛɡan˩˥	‘your, their, you possess, they possess, 2DU POSS, 3DU POSS’
gemékebema	ɡɛmɛ˩˥kɛbɛma	‘divorce’
gesirí morotótuma	ɡɛsiri˩˥ moroto˩˥tuma	‘fornicate’
gigí	ɡiɡi˩˥	‘gill, edge of leaf’
gij	ɡidʒ	‘in’
gískiní	ɡis˩˥kini˩˥	‘normal’
góga	ɡo˩˥ɡa	‘they two, you two, 2DU, 3DU’
gonú	ɡonu˩˥	‘and, dual human noun phrase linker’
grógra	ɡro˩˥ɡra	‘glowing hot’
gú	ɡu˩˥	‘at’
gú móná	ɡu˩˥ mo˩˥na˩˥	‘when (at time)’
guaidu	ɡuaidu	‘where’
gúaidu	ɡu˩˥aidu	‘where’
gurú	ɡuru˩˥	‘no, not’
gúsin	ɡu˩˥sin	‘key’
idu	idu	‘who’
igers	iɡɛrs	‘groom’
igrákowú	iɡra˩˥kowu˩˥	‘orchid’
ígur eféibah	i˩˥ɡur ɛɸɛi˩˥bah	‘turquoise’
ijosmei	idʒosmɛi	‘female Biak person’
ijúrbahí	idʒur˩˥bahi˩˥	‘butterfly’
inambúg	inambuɡ˩˥	‘arrowhead (bamboo)’
ínsa	in˩˥sa	‘aforementioned, anaphoric determiner’
inyenái	iɲɛnai˩˥	‘female (non Papuan)’
iskorej	iskorɛdʒ	‘honest’
ískusku	is˩˥kusku	‘diligent’
isók	isok˩˥	‘guy’
itkitk	itkitk	‘rubber’
íwa	i˩˥wa	‘you, 2PL’
jáh	dʒah˩˥	‘to (non-human location)’
Jáwer	dʒa˩˥wɛr	‘Javanese’
jefa	dʒɛɸa	‘should’
jefedá	dʒɛɸɛda˩˥	‘therefore’
jéní	dʒɛ˩˥ni˩˥	‘exact’
jerá	dʒɛra˩˥	‘with’
jeska	dʒɛska	‘from, because’
jeskasédá	dʒɛskasɛ˩˥da˩˥	‘in order to’
jínaga	dʒi˩˥naɡa	‘whatsoever’
jódi	dʒo˩˥di	‘grapefruit’
júeka	dʒu˩˥ɛka	‘second, twice’
juéns	dʒuɛns˩˥	adv. ‘once, first’
júomú	dʒu˩˥omu˩˥	‘third, thrice’
kabár	kabar˩˥	‘ship’
kabár ofú	kabar˩˥ oɸu˩˥	‘airplane’
káju	ka˩˥dʒu	‘peanut’
kaláwan	kala˩˥wan	‘sword’
kámántú	ka˩˥man˩˥tu˩˥	‘anchor’
kamáti	kama˩˥ti	‘tomato’
káris	ka˩˥ris	‘matches’
kasínam	kasi˩˥nam	‘glass’
kéf	kɛɸ˩˥	‘this’
kéinggíng	kɛiŋ˩˥ɡiŋ˩˥	‘always, experience’
kémba	kɛm˩˥ba	‘that below’
kénda	kɛn˩˥da	‘that above’
kénefa	kɛ˩˥nɛɸa	‘which’
kérdas	kɛr˩˥das	‘paper’
kermóm	kɛrmom˩˥	‘iron’
kiáwas	kia˩˥was	‘guava’
kimbís	kimbis˩˥	‘malaria’
kínonsá	ki˩˥nonsa˩˥	‘cassowary’
koisóisa	koisoi˩˥sa	‘correct’
kóma	ko˩˥ma	‘that’
kómdan	kom˩˥dan	‘commander’
kónj	kondʒ˩˥	‘that over yonder’
konosá	konosa˩˥	‘almost’
konosá gurú	konosa˩˥ ɡuru˩˥	‘hardly’
koróba	koro˩˥ba	‘wheelbarrow’
kuára mei	kua˩˥ra mɛi	‘spirit that lives near water’
kumfán	kumɸan˩˥	‘money’
kumfán efej	kumɸan˩˥ ɛɸɛdʒ	‘coin’
kumfán efeyí	kumɸan˩˥ ɛɸɛji˩˥	‘currency’
mafmán	maɸman˩˥	‘our, we possess, 1DU EXCL’
magef	maɡɛɸ	‘we two, us two, 1DU EXCL’
magónen	maɡo˩˥nɛn	‘thirst’
magosú	maɡosu˩˥	‘snake (generic term)’
magosú mei	maɡosu˩˥ mɛi	‘python’
mah	mah	‘fire’
mah eféb	mah ɛɸɛb˩˥	‘smoke’
mah éisa	mah ɛi˩˥sa	‘firelight’
mah et	mah ɛt	‘burn up, catch on fire’
mah ofóka eféb	mah oɸo˩˥ka ɛɸɛb˩˥	‘smolder’
mah ofóm	mah oɸom˩˥	‘charcoal’
mahína	mahi˩˥na	‘husband’
mahtá	mahta˩˥	‘lily’
mahteyí	mahtɛji˩˥	‘ancient story, person from ancient times’
mainí	maini˩˥	‘loincloth’
mairá	maira˩˥	‘skin disease’
majangkáda	madʒaŋka˩˥da	‘scorpion’
majgíni	madʒɡi˩˥ni	‘spider’
majgír	madʒɡir˩˥	‘sage, wise person’
majmég	madʒmɛɡ˩˥	‘porch’
makou	makou	‘breadfruit’
máksaksa	mak˩˥saksa	‘height’
mámas	ma˩˥mas	‘garbage’
mambaría	mambari˩˥a	‘alligator’
mamfúk	mamɸuk˩˥	‘handle’
mamú	mamu˩˥	‘rock, stone’
mamú ebsí	mamu˩˥ ɛbsi˩˥	‘peacemaker’
mamú efekésa	mamu˩˥ ɛɸɛkɛ˩˥sa	‘crevice’
mámur	ma˩˥mur	‘gravel’
manana	manana	‘papaya’
mandórá	mando˩˥ra˩˥	‘lizard’
manggém	maŋɡɛm˩˥	‘seashell’
mánggera	maŋ˩˥ɡɛra	‘pineapple’
manghí	maŋhi˩˥	‘triton shell’
mansár	mansar˩˥	‘old man’
mansína	mansi˩˥na	‘propeller’
mansú	mansu˩˥	‘cave, tree hollow’
mansú óforú	mansu˩˥ o˩˥ɸoru˩˥	‘oyster’
már	mar˩˥	‘thing’
már agós	mar˩˥ aɡos˩˥	‘corpse’
már eféb	mar˩˥ ɛɸɛb˩˥	‘drawing’
már eféd	mar˩˥ ɛɸɛd˩˥	‘magic potion’
már efej	mar˩˥ ɛɸɛdʒ	‘sprout, seedling’
már efér	mar˩˥ ɛɸɛr˩˥	‘livestock’
már egéns	mar˩˥ ɛɡɛns˩˥	‘something’
már eitoufú	mar˩˥ ɛitouɸu˩˥	‘headband’
már ej awesí	mar˩˥ ɛdʒ awɛsi˩˥	‘yawn’
már etmá	mar˩˥ ɛtma˩˥	‘bracelet’
már mesíjma	mar˩˥ mɛsidʒ˩˥ma	‘pile’
már moisú	mar˩˥ moisu˩˥	‘magic’
már mówa akí	mar˩˥ mo˩˥wa aki˩˥	‘gecko’
már ofosés	mar˩˥ oɸosɛs˩˥	‘leftovers’
már ogá	mar˩˥ oɡa˩˥	‘dispute’
már okówú	mar˩˥ oko˩˥wu˩˥	‘debt’
már ókum	mar˩˥ o˩˥kum	‘difficulty’
már orocúnc	mar˩˥ orotʃuntʃ˩˥	‘parable’
már oská éfer	mar˩˥ oska˩˥ ɛ˩˥ɸɛr	‘police, soldier’
máráim	ma˩˥raim˩˥	‘okay’
márbahí ofóg	mar˩˥bahi˩˥ oɸoɡ˩˥	‘mosquito (large variety)’
márbúk	mar˩˥buk˩˥	‘brush (e.g. small trees)’
máreibra	ma˩˥rɛibra	‘wealth’
máréij	ma˩˥rɛidʒ˩˥	‘taboo items’
máren	ma˩˥rɛn	‘sickness’
máren rara	ma˩˥rɛn rara	‘terminal illness’
márféb	mar˩˥ɸɛb˩˥	‘cord’
márféb efagá	mar˩˥ɸɛb˩˥ ɛɸaɡa˩˥	‘belt’
márfenen	mar˩˥ɸɛnɛn	‘elephant grass (tall variety)’
márfeta	mar˩˥ɸɛta	‘traditional medicine’
márfók	mar˩˥ɸok˩˥	‘flower, plant’
márfóru	mar˩˥ɸo˩˥ru	‘powder’
márforú mosóna	mar˩˥ɸoru˩˥ moso˩˥na	‘salt’
mariám	mariam˩˥	‘machine gun’
maritúb	maritub˩˥	‘ring’
mármárej	mar˩˥ma˩˥rɛdʒ	‘bamboo (small variety)’
marósk	marosk˩˥	‘dowry, bride price’
marsí	marsi˩˥	‘seed’
márská	mars˩˥ka˩˥	‘meat’
mas	mas	‘gold’
masí	masi˩˥	‘leech’
masíngk	masiŋk˩˥	‘wasp’
maskéifá	maskɛi˩˥ɸa˩˥	n. ‘spear’
másusur	ma˩˥susur	‘non-edible living things’
mát	mat˩˥	‘food’
mát efén	mat˩˥ ɛɸɛn˩˥	‘crop’
matrík	matrik˩˥	‘cashew’
maujgír	maudʒɡir˩˥	‘termite’
mebágá	mɛba˩˥ɡa˩˥	‘sky’
mébah	mɛ˩˥bah	‘outside’
mébckení	mɛbtʃ˩˥kɛni˩˥	‘wooden foot rest’
mebéikení	mɛbɛi˩˥kɛni˩˥	‘crab’
méberf	mɛ˩˥bɛrɸ	‘thatch palm’
mebetí	mɛbɛti˩˥	‘squash, pumpkin’
mebetnék	mɛbɛtnɛk˩˥	‘mango’
mebí	mɛbi˩˥	‘dirt, ground’
mebí edéider	mɛbi˩˥ ɛdɛi˩˥dɛr	‘plains’
mebí efení	mɛbi˩˥ ɛɸɛni˩˥	‘soil (e.g. tilled)’
mebí icúsur	mɛbi˩˥ itʃu˩˥sur	‘earthquake’
mebí moduis	mɛbi˩˥ moduis	‘ancestral land’
mebí ofogú	mɛbi˩˥ oɸoɡu˩˥	‘fertile soil’
mebkíf	mɛbkiɸ˩˥	‘wooden baking dish’
mebnéi	mɛbnɛi˩˥	‘poison’
mebstá	mɛbsta˩˥	‘sand’
mecibí	mɛtʃibi˩˥	‘nettles’
mecibík	mɛtʃibik˩˥	‘betel nut’
mecíj ofót	mɛtʃidʒ˩˥ oɸot˩˥	‘sap’
medá ofou	mɛda˩˥ oɸou	‘bamboo flute’
medéb	mɛdɛb˩˥	‘sago’
medébésá	mɛdɛ˩˥bɛ˩˥sa˩˥	‘grandchild’
medemér	mɛdɛmɛr˩˥	‘song’
medgébin	mɛdɡɛ˩˥bin	‘whale’
medíba	mɛdi˩˥ba	‘daughter-in-law, parent-in-law’
méfébésa	mɛ˩˥ɸɛ˩˥bɛ˩˥sa	‘sister-in-law’
mefína	mɛɸi˩˥na	‘parent-in-law’
mefmén	mɛɸmɛn˩˥	‘our, we possess, 1PL EXCL POSS’
meg	mɛɡ	‘boat’
meg méi efení	mɛɡ mɛi˩˥ ɛɸɛni˩˥	‘sailboat’
méga	mɛ˩˥ɡa	‘tree, wood’
méga ayúg	mɛ˩˥ɡa ajuɡ˩˥	‘palm tree’
méga efagá	mɛ˩˥ɡa ɛɸaɡa˩˥	‘tree trunk, log’
méga eitéij	mɛ˩˥ɡa ɛitɛidʒ˩˥	‘tree knot’
méga está	mɛ˩˥ɡa ɛsta˩˥	‘tree joint’
méga mejírj	mɛ˩˥ɡa mɛdʒirdʒ˩˥	‘redwood tree’
méga mer	mɛ˩˥ɡa mɛr	‘ironwood tree’
méga moj	mɛ˩˥ɡa modʒ	‘banyan tree’
méga morúg	mɛ˩˥ɡa moruɡ˩˥	‘matoa tree’
méga ófor	mɛ˩˥ɡa o˩˥ɸor	‘construction wood’
méga ófos	mɛ˩˥ɡa o˩˥ɸos	‘bark’
megéj	mɛɡɛdʒ˩˥	‘firewood’
mei	mɛi	‘water, river, sperm’
méi	mɛi˩˥	‘cloth’
mei eféj	mɛi ɛɸɛdʒ˩˥	‘headwaters’
mei efembrá	mɛi ɛɸɛmbra˩˥	‘bank’
mei eitéij	mɛi ɛitɛidʒ˩˥	‘spring’
mei ejmég	mɛi ɛdʒmɛɡ˩˥	‘shallow’
mei gestá	mɛi ɡɛsta˩˥	‘fork of a river’
mei mojumú eféi	mɛi modʒumu˩˥ ɛɸɛi˩˥	‘ocean’
mei mojumú efekésa	mɛi modʒumu˩˥ ɛɸɛkɛ˩˥sa	‘strait’
mei mojumú efémbra	mɛi modʒumu˩˥ ɛɸɛm˩˥bra	‘shoreline’
mei ofog	mɛi oɸoɡ	‘well’
mei ofokái	mɛi oɸokai˩˥	‘stream’
mei oforgá	mɛi oɸorɡa˩˥	‘riverbank’
mei oforgámaga	mɛi oɸorɡa˩˥maɡa	‘riverrapids’
mei ofoská	mɛi oɸoska˩˥	‘waterfall’
mei osubú	mɛi osubu˩˥	‘river bend’
mei owésa	mɛi owɛ˩˥sa	‘current’
méiba	mɛi˩˥ba	‘sibling (generic term)’
meibera	mɛibɛra	‘platform’
méic	mɛitʃ˩˥	‘dipper’
méideb	mɛi˩˥dɛb	‘panel, wall’
meidíbí	mɛidi˩˥bi˩˥	‘sleeping mat’
méidu	mɛi˩˥du	interrogative. ‘what’
méifena	mɛi˩˥ɸɛna	‘cloth, type of old cloth used in barter system’
meifetí	mɛiɸɛti˩˥	‘rag’
meifína	mɛiɸi˩˥na	‘chill’
meigá	mɛiɡa˩˥	‘bamboo water pipe’
méigers	mɛi˩˥ɡɛrs	‘bedroom (male's)’
Meimojénir	mɛimodʒɛ˩˥nir	‘Maybrat people’
meimówá	mɛimo˩˥wa˩˥	‘grandparent, ancestor’
meindóks	mɛindoks˩˥	‘valley’
méinji	mɛin˩˥dʒi	‘rainbow’
meisírna	mɛisir˩˥na	‘cold (e.g. temperature)’
meiskóh	mɛiskoh˩˥	‘beneath’
meisóhu	mɛiso˩˥hu	n. ‘vomit’
meisóufa	mɛisou˩˥ɸa	‘clothing’
meisóufa akí	mɛisou˩˥ɸa aki˩˥	‘pants’
meisóufa etmá	mɛisou˩˥ɸa ɛtma˩˥	‘shirt’
meitéb	mɛitɛb˩˥	‘knife, machete’
meitéb agégeb	mɛitɛb˩˥ aɡɛ˩˥ɡɛb	‘sickle’
meitéfa	mɛitɛ˩˥ɸa	n. ‘spear’
meiyéra	mɛijɛ˩˥ra	‘older opposite sex sibling’
méj	mɛdʒ˩˥	‘louse’
mejbení	mɛdʒbɛni˩˥	‘crocodile’
mejbení móg	mɛdʒbɛni˩˥ moɡ˩˥	‘snake lizard’
Mejbetá	mɛdʒbɛta˩˥	‘Biak language’
mejéfeyí	mɛdʒɛ˩˥ɸɛji˩˥	‘roof (e.g. thatch)’
mejgá	mɛdʒɡa˩˥	‘fence’
mek	mɛk	‘pig (generic term)’
mek mei ofos	mɛk mɛi oɸos	‘shoe’
mek mosóna	mɛk moso˩˥na	‘cow’
mek mosóna efér	mɛk moso˩˥na ɛɸɛr˩˥	‘calf’
meká	mɛka˩˥	‘father’
mekéi eféb	mɛkɛi˩˥ ɛɸɛb˩˥	‘tattoo’
mekéinggma	mɛkɛiŋɡ˩˥ma	n. ‘stack’
mekekéba	mɛkɛkɛ˩˥ba	‘bamboo (thin variety)’
mékení	mɛ˩˥kɛni˩˥	‘garden’
mekim	mɛkim	‘pig (wild female)’
meksú	mɛksu˩˥	‘pig (male domestic)’
mektá	mɛkta˩˥	‘field’
mekú	mɛku˩˥	‘pig (female domestic)’
mekúis	mɛku˩˥is	‘pig (male wild)’
mém	mɛm˩˥	‘bird’
mém cécmei	mɛm˩˥ tʃɛtʃ˩˥mɛi	‘egret, heron’
mém cucurwahí	mɛm˩˥ tʃutʃurwahi˩˥	‘sparrow’
mém éij ogá	mɛm˩˥ ɛidʒ˩˥ oɡa˩˥	‘warble, chirp’
mém gigi	mɛm˩˥ ɡiɡi	‘owl’
mém ískóska	mɛm˩˥ is˩˥kos˩˥ka	‘parrot, Black-capped Lory’
mém kerén	mɛm˩˥ kɛrɛn˩˥	‘falcon’
mém meg	mɛm˩˥ mɛɡ	‘crow’
mém mesrá	mɛm˩˥ mɛsra˩˥	‘bird of paradise’
mém monggéta	mɛm˩˥ moŋɡɛ˩˥ta	‘pigeon, dove’
mém néda	mɛm˩˥ nɛ˩˥da	‘cockatoo’
mém néja	mɛm˩˥ nɛ˩˥dʒa	‘bat’
mém nésmei	mɛm˩˥ nɛs˩˥mɛi	‘eagle, hawk’
mém siryeú	mɛm˩˥ sirjɛu˩˥	‘swallow’
mém wuryór	mɛm˩˥ wurjor˩˥	‘parrot, Rainbow Lorikeet’
mém yangémi	mɛm˩˥ jaŋɛ˩˥mi	‘hornbill’
memagá	mɛmaɡa˩˥	‘mountain’
memagá mefés	mɛmaɡa˩˥ mɛɸɛs˩˥	‘highland’
memagá mosú	mɛmaɡa˩˥ mosu˩˥	‘mountain range’
memagá ofog odúma	mɛmaɡa˩˥ oɸoɡ odu˩˥ma	‘hill’
memagá ófos	mɛmaɡa˩˥ o˩˥ɸos	‘peak, summit’
memef	mɛmɛɸ	‘we, us, 1PL EXCL’
memféfi	mɛmɸɛ˩˥ɸi	‘spinach’
mendersí	mɛndɛrsi˩˥	‘magician’
mendes	mɛndɛs	‘child (adopted or purchased)’
menéi	mɛnɛi˩˥	‘banana’
meneména	mɛnɛmɛ˩˥na	‘jackfruit’
méngk	mɛŋk˩˥	‘breast’
méngk ofód	mɛŋk˩˥ oɸod˩˥	‘breast milk’
méngk ofog fob	mɛŋk˩˥ oɸoɡ ɸob	‘mature (female)’
menjínjik	mɛndʒin˩˥dʒik	‘star fruit’
ménsir efagá	mɛn˩˥sir ɛɸaɡa˩˥	‘planet’
ménska	mɛns˩˥ka	‘pitchfork’
mer	mɛr	‘room’
méra	mɛ˩˥ra	‘woven fence, longsat fruit’
merája	mɛra˩˥dʒa	‘bedroom (female’s)’
méranghí mei	mɛ˩˥raŋhi˩˥ mɛi	‘spirit (of the dead from Anggi lakes)’
merc	mɛrtʃ	‘forest (primeval)’
merebíc	mɛrɛbitʃ˩˥	‘arrowhead (ironwood)’
merefí	mɛrɛɸi˩˥	‘vegetable (leafy variety)’
merehí	mɛrɛhi˩˥	‘cricket’
meréi	mɛrɛi˩˥	‘insanity’
meréj	mɛrɛdʒ˩˥	‘avenger’
mérembrah	mɛ˩˥rɛmbrah	‘forest’
meremesima	mɛrɛmɛsima	‘disband’
méren	mɛ˩˥rɛn	‘lake’
méren óbóha	mɛ˩˥rɛn o˩˥bo˩˥ha	‘swamp’
merésa	mɛrɛ˩˥sa	‘sugarcane’
mérfej	mɛr˩˥ɸɛdʒ	‘bead’
mérfej orúkagá	mɛr˩˥ɸɛdʒ oru˩˥kaɡa˩˥	‘necklace’
meríbah	mɛri˩˥bah	‘green’
meringgá	mɛriŋɡa˩˥	‘water grass (variety)’
meríyí	mɛri˩˥ji˩˥	‘leaves’
mérsa	mɛr˩˥sa	‘floor’
més	mɛs˩˥	‘dog (domesticated)’
mesá	mɛsa˩˥	‘crowd, enemy’
meseifék	mɛsɛiɸɛk˩˥	‘chili pepper’
meséya	mɛsɛ˩˥ja	‘comb’
méseya	mɛ˩˥sɛja	‘idol’
meséya ofóg	mɛsɛ˩˥ja oɸoɡ˩˥	‘fork’
mesí	mɛsi˩˥	‘cassava (small variety)’
mesíga	mɛsi˩˥ɡa	‘ladder’
mesigéb	mɛsiɡɛb˩˥	‘bow’
mesína	mɛsi˩˥na	‘string bag’
méskein	mɛs˩˥kɛin	‘grass’
méskrem	mɛs˩˥krɛm	‘dog (wild)’
mésmei	mɛs˩˥mɛi	‘cat’
mesta	mɛsta	‘moon, month’
mesta ébah	mɛsta ɛ˩˥bah	‘menstruate’
mesta ók eimofój	mɛsta ok˩˥ ɛimoɸodʒ˩˥	‘season’
metrém	mɛtrɛm˩˥	‘corn’
meyagá	mɛjaɡa˩˥	‘rattan’
meyésa	mɛjɛ˩˥sa	‘younger opposite sex sibling’
meyí	mɛji˩˥	‘caterpillar’
mifmín	miɸmin˩˥	‘our, we possess, 1PL INCL POSS’
mímíf	mi˩˥miɸ˩˥	‘we, us, 1PL INCL’
minimáh	minimah˩˥	‘kerosene’
miniyí	miniji˩˥	‘oil (i.e. for cooking)’
misbá	misba˩˥	‘feast’
mobgóska	mobɡos˩˥ka	‘tapeworm’
móboirá	mo˩˥boira˩˥	‘earring’
mobsis	mobsis	‘sand fly’
mocgój	motʃɡodʒ˩˥	‘fog, cloud, mist’
mocgój efén	motʃɡodʒ˩˥ ɛɸɛn˩˥	‘fog bank’
mocgój efésa	motʃɡodʒ˩˥ ɛɸɛ˩˥sa	‘lightening’
mocgój ófog	motʃɡodʒ˩˥ o˩˥ɸoɡ	‘cloud’
mocgój ogúgur	motʃɡodʒ˩˥ oɡu˩˥ɡur	‘thunder’
mocín	motʃin˩˥	‘drizzle’
mockúei	motʃku˩˥ɛi	‘squirrel’
móconggá	mo˩˥tʃoŋɡa˩˥	‘arrow’
mocosá	motʃosa˩˥	‘sibling-in-law (same sex)’
mócoug	mo˩˥tʃouɡ	‘rifle’
mócoug íboja	mo˩˥tʃouɡ i˩˥bodʒa	‘musket’
mocúb	motʃub˩˥	‘mouse, rat’
Mocubír	motʃubir˩˥	‘Abun people’
mócwáhaha	motʃ˩˥wa˩˥haha	‘rain (intermittent)’
mod	mod	‘house’
mod arí	mod ari˩˥	‘church’
mod ebsí	mod ɛbsi˩˥	‘hospital’
mod ofokór	mod oɸokor˩˥	‘school’
mod óskusk	mod os˩˥kusk	‘jail’
modreni	modrɛni	‘lowlands’
moduis	moduis	‘house (old, dilapidated)’
modwók	modwok˩˥	‘shelter’
modwók frak efeyí	modwok˩˥ ɸrak ɛɸɛji˩˥	‘tent’
mof	moɸ	‘grasshopper’
móf	moɸ˩˥	‘wind’
móf akería	moɸ˩˥ akɛri˩˥a	‘breeze’
mof éisa	moɸ ɛi˩˥sa	‘praying mantis’
móf ofóg	moɸ˩˥ oɸoɡ˩˥	‘ball’
móf ówesa	moɸ˩˥ o˩˥wɛsa	‘windstorm’
mofká	moɸka˩˥	‘rack’
mofmága	moɸma˩˥ɡa	‘sarong’
mofofá	moɸoɸa˩˥	‘ant’
mófok	mo˩˥ɸok	‘taro leaf’
mofombrá	moɸombra˩˥	‘weed’
mofombrá efej	moɸombra˩˥ ɛɸɛdʒ	‘straw’
mofréna	moɸrɛ˩˥na	‘garden (new, unplanted)’
móftuft	moɸ˩˥tuɸt	‘beetle’
mofún	moɸun˩˥	‘vine’
mofúnfou	moɸun˩˥ɸou	‘worm’
mofúnfou ebsíbsí	moɸun˩˥ɸou ɛbsib˩˥si˩˥	‘pinworm’
mofúnfou mebí	moɸun˩˥ɸou mɛbi˩˥	‘earthworm’
mofút eféi	moɸut˩˥ ɛɸɛi˩˥	‘palm wine’
mófut eforú	mo˩˥ɸut ɛɸoru˩˥	‘sugar palm’
móg	moɡ˩˥	‘coastal lowlands’
mógenamená	mo˩˥ɡɛnamɛna˩˥	‘chasm’
mogóna	moɡo˩˥na	‘son-in-law, parent-in-law’
mográ	moɡra˩˥	‘waist belt’
mógub	mo˩˥ɡub	‘fly (large type)’
mogúma	moɡu˩˥ma	‘one another’
mohkowú	mohkowu˩˥	‘blanket’
mohohórá	mohoho˩˥ra˩˥	‘bedbug’
mohóna	moho˩˥na	‘wife’
mohtéfa	mohtɛ˩˥ɸa	‘mud’
móhúj	mo˩˥hudʒ˩˥	‘friend’
mohúr mei	mohur˩˥ mɛi	‘irrigation ditch’
mohwekíní	mohwɛki˩˥ni˩˥	‘cloth, type of old cloth used for barter’
móigú	moi˩˥ɡu˩˥	‘bee’
moinána	moina˩˥na	‘cassava (large variety)’
móinék	moi˩˥nɛk˩˥	‘candlenut’
moir oskú	moir osku˩˥	‘underwater’
Moirír	moirir˩˥	‘Biak people, Numfor people’
moisá	moisa˩˥	‘sibling-in-law (opposite sex)’
móisú	moi˩˥su˩˥	‘sorcerer, traditional healer’
moisúg	moisuɡ˩˥	‘rat (large jungle variety)’
móitkú	moit˩˥ku˩˥	‘soot’
mojén	modʒɛn˩˥	‘embarrassment, shame, timidity’
mokágá	moka˩˥ɡa˩˥	‘stone grinding bowl’
mokóbú	moko˩˥bu˩˥	‘twine’
mokojgá	mokodʒɡa˩˥	‘rope’
mokórá	moko˩˥ra˩˥	‘older same sex sibling’
mokósá	moko˩˥sa˩˥	‘younger same sex sibling’
mókrenggá	mo˩˥krɛŋɡa˩˥	‘bullet’
moksu	moksu	‘grave hole, cemetery, trench’
moktí	mokti˩˥	‘ceiling joist, girder’
mokúsmagá	mokus˩˥maɡa˩˥	‘water grass (a variety)’
mokwá	mokwa˩˥	‘mushroom’
momás	momas˩˥	‘yard’
mombús	mombus˩˥	‘bamboo plate’
momésa	momɛ˩˥sa	‘cray fish’
momésa mei mojumú eféi	momɛ˩˥sa mɛi modʒumu˩˥ ɛɸɛi˩˥	‘shrimp, lobster’
mómfagá	mom˩˥ɸaɡa˩˥	‘cliff edge’

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OUTOFPAPUA database: Lexicons of the West Papuan language area

Gravelle (2004): Meyah

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