OUTOFPAPUA database: Lexicons of the West Papuan language area

particle. ‘particle marking the end of a phrase’ (eng)

v. ‘chew’ (eng)

v. ‘sing’ (eng)

v. ‘receive’ (eng)

v. tr., intr. ‘swallow’ (eng)

v. ‘eat betel, chew tobacco’ (eng)

v. ‘steer (re. dug-out canoe)ɛ’ (eng)

v. ‘speak in one’s sleep’ (eng)

v. refl. ‘wash one’s face’ (eng); ‘pasa muka’ (ind)

v. intr. ‘wise, intelligent’ (eng)

v. tr. ‘suck (e.g. candy, areca chew)’ (eng)

v. ‘rinse one’s mouth out (to take in water, swish around, spit out)’ (eng)

v. ‘drink’ (eng)

1. v. ‘smoke’ (eng)

2. v. ‘inhale’ (eng)

1. v. ‘suck’ (eng)

2. v. ‘kiss’ (eng)

v. ‘drink’ (eng)

v. ‘eat (when used in a general sense, usually in combination with pɔ³n)’ (eng)

attr. ‘customs’ (eng)

v. tr. ‘bite’ (eng)

v. tr. ‘take’ (eng)

v. ‘row’ (eng)

v. ‘pee’ (eng)

v. ‘shoot (using bow and arrow)’ (eng)

1. prep. ‘with’ (eng)

2. prep. ‘with (instrumental)’ (eng)

3. prep. ‘at (marker of time)’ (eng)

4. prep. ‘derives adverbial’ (eng)

v. ‘careful’ (eng)

pron. ‘all’ (eng)

v. intr. ‘learn (school context)’ (eng)

attr. ‘full, round’ (eng)

n. ‘full moon’ (eng)

adv. ‘landward’ (eng)

adv. ‘a great extent’ (eng)

attr. ‘big’ (eng)

adv. ‘seaward’ (eng)

n. ‘ring’ (eng)

adv. ‘clockwise orientation (absolute reference)’ (eng)

v. ‘naked’ (eng)

v. ‘speak’ (eng)

v. ‘dance’ (eng)

particle. ‘urge’ (eng)

n. ‘Misol’ (eng)

n. ‘Misol’ (eng)

pron. ‘all’ (eng)

v. tr. ‘steal’ (eng)

v. intr. ‘run’ (eng)

v. ‘expert at’ (eng)

1. v. tr. ‘stroll’ (eng); ‘pasiar [local Malay]’ (pmy)

2. v. tr. ‘hang out, play’ (eng)

3. n. ‘game, play’ (eng)

adv. ‘counterclockwise orientation’ (eng)

n. ‘Brown Dorcopsis’ (eng)

v. ‘flow (re. water – probably from ba⁴¹ ‘to blow’)’ (eng)

n. ‘shoulder’ (eng)

n. ‘area of shadow, place offering protection from the sun’ (eng)

n. ‘door’ (eng)

n. ‘male bud (of banana tree)’ (eng)

n. ‘shaft’ (eng)

n. ‘great-grandfather, great-grandmother’ (eng)

n. ‘man-made water reservoir’ (eng)

n. ‘ball’ (eng)

v. ‘hit (with flat hand)’ (eng)

v. ‘wash (re. clothes, not dishes (ho¹w) or body (hi¹²p))’ (eng)

v. ‘lift up’ (eng)

1. n. ‘earth’ (eng)

2. n. ‘land’ (eng)

3. n. ‘floor’ (eng)

1. v. tr., intr. ‘leave behind’ (eng)

2. v. tr., intr. ‘remain’ (eng)

3. v. tr., intr. ‘left’ (eng)

n. ‘tobacco’ (eng)

n. ‘k.o. mangrove tree’ (eng); ‘pohon manggimanggi mera’ (ind)

n. ‘oven to make sago biscuits (with about five rectangular holes (ga¹w); made of clay; is operated by heating over fire)’ (eng); ‘porno’ (ind)

attr. ‘blind’ (eng)

1. n. ‘dust’ (eng)

2. n. ‘smoke’ (eng)

v. tr. ‘carry on one’s back (e.g. a child or a baby) on one’s back (either holding the legs, or by means of a sarong)’ (eng)

n. ‘small bat’ (eng)

n. ‘father’ (eng)

n. ‘hit’ (eng)

v. ‘blow (re. wind)’ (eng)

1. v. tr., middle. ‘hit the mark’ (eng)

2. interj. ‘Correctǃ’ (eng)

1. v. tr. ‘break’ (eng)

2. v. tr. ‘break off’ (eng)

v. ‘travel by boat (following the waterside)’ (eng)

v. ‘pay’ (eng)

marker. ‘future tense marker’ (eng)

1. prep. ‘for’ (eng)

2. interrog. ‘why’ (eng)

v. tr. ‘give’ (eng)

v. intr. ‘flash’ (eng)

n. ‘plate’ (eng)

n. ‘gasoline’ (eng)

nprop. ‘name of bay on the New Guinea mainland to the east of Misol’ (eng)

nprop. ‘Biga’ (eng)

n. ‘butterfly’ (eng)

v. intr. ‘jump (horizontally)’ (eng)

v. ‘pinch with the fingers and thumb’ (eng)

attr. ‘sea’ (eng)

v. ‘stir (e.g. sago porridge, using itepo)’ (eng)

attr. ‘soft (re. nuts)’ (eng)

1. attr. ‘blue’ (eng)

2. attr. ‘green’ (eng)

attr. ‘fast’ (eng)

n. ‘fishing rod’ (eng)

n. ‘head hair’ (eng)

v. ‘defecate, poop’ (eng)

v. ‘urinate, pee’ (eng)

v. ‘go (generic – with whatever means of transport or on foot)’ (eng)

1. n. ‘bone’ (eng)

2. n. ‘central vein of leaf’ (eng)

v. tr. ‘meet’ (eng)

v. intr. ‘come up’ (eng)