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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’

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OUTOFPAPUA database: Lexicons of the West Papuan language area

Gravelle (2004): Meyah

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