OUTOFPAPUA database: Lexicons of the West Papuan language area

Remijsen (2017): Matbat

Original citation: Remijsen, Bert. 2017. Matbat vocabulary. Manuscript, University of Edinburgh.
Notes on this source: Vocabulary distributed and reproduced here under a Creative Commons License: Attribution 4.0 International. Formatting of original has been adapted to the online platform by Antoinette Schapper.

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Headword IPA Glosses
-a-a

particle. ‘particle marking the end of a phrase’

-ada³m-adam˦

v. ‘chew’

-ala³n-alan˦

v. ‘sing’

-alo²¹m-alom˨˩

v. ‘receive’

-alɔ²¹n-alɔn˨˩

v. tr., intr. ‘swallow’

-ama¹²m-amam˩˨

v. ‘eat betel, chew tobacco’

-amdɛ²¹met(o)-amdɛ˨˩met(o)

v. ‘steer (re. dug-out canoe)ɛ’

-amla¹-amla˩

v. ‘speak in one’s sleep’

-amlɛ¹²-amlɛ˩˨

v. refl. ‘wash one’s face’; ‘pasa muka’

-amɔ¹ntɔ³k-amɔn˩tɔk˦

v. intr. ‘wise, intelligent’

-amɔ¹²m-amɔm˩˨

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

-amu¹²¹m-amum˩˨˩

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

-ani¹²¹m/-ani¹m-anim˩˨˩/-anim˩

v. ‘drink’

-anɔ²¹k-anɔk˨˩

1. v. ‘smoke’

2. v. ‘inhale’

-anɔ⁴¹k-anɔk˥˩

1. v. ‘suck’

2. v. ‘kiss’

-apu¹²¹y-apuj˩˨˩

v. ‘drink’

-a²¹-a˨˩

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

a²¹da³ta˨˩dat˦

attr. ‘customs’

-a²¹t-at˨˩

v. tr. ‘bite’

-a³l-al˦

v. tr. ‘take’

-a³p-ap˦

v. ‘row’

-a¹m-am˩

v. ‘pee’

-a¹n-an˩

v. ‘shoot (using bow and arrow)’

baba

1. prep. ‘with’

2. prep. ‘with (instrumental)’

3. prep. ‘at (marker of time)’

4. prep. ‘derives adverbial’

bafi³bafi˦

v. ‘careful’

bahe³bahe˦

pron. ‘all’

bala¹ya³rbala˩jar˦

v. intr. ‘learn (school context)’

balbu³li³balbu˦li˦

attr. ‘full, round’

balbu³li³ na⁴¹balbu˦li˦ na˥˩

n. ‘full moon’

bale³ybalej˦

adv. ‘landward’

bali¹wbaliw˩

adv. ‘a great extent’

bali¹wbaliw˩

attr. ‘big’

balo³wbalow˦

adv. ‘seaward’

balu³sbalus˦

n. ‘ring’

bapa³pbapap˦

adv. ‘clockwise orientation (absolute reference)’

bapla¹²ybaplaj˩˨

v. ‘naked’

basa¹tbasat˩

v. ‘speak’

basa¹²sbasas˩˨

v. ‘dance’

bata³ (be)bata˦ (be)

particle. ‘urge’

bata³n me¹²¹batan˦ me˩˨˩

n. ‘Misol’

bata¹²nbatan˩˨

n. ‘Misol’

batu³pbatup˦

pron. ‘all’

bawibawi

v. tr. ‘steal’

bawo²¹bawo˨˩

v. intr. ‘run’

bayasbajas

v. ‘expert at’

baya¹ybajaj˩

1. v. tr. ‘stroll’; ‘pasiar [local Malay]’

2. v. tr. ‘hang out, play’

3. n. ‘game, play’

baye³baje˦

adv. ‘counterclockwise orientation’

bay¹ba³tbaj˩bat˦

n. ‘Brown Dorcopsis’

ba²¹ba˨˩

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

ba²¹mbam˨˩

n. ‘shoulder’

ba²¹nban˨˩

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

ba²¹taba˨˩ta

n. ‘door’

ba²¹wbaw˨˩

n. ‘male bud (of banana tree)’

ba²¹ybaj˨˩

n. ‘shaft’

ba³ba˦

n. ‘great-grandfather, great-grandmother’

ba³kbak˦

n. ‘man-made water reservoir’

ba³lbal˦

n. ‘ball’

ba³mbam˦

v. ‘hit (with flat hand)’

ba³mbam˦

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

ba³sbas˦

v. ‘lift up’

ba³tbat˦

1. n. ‘earth’

2. n. ‘land’

3. n. ‘floor’

ba¹ba˩

1. v. tr., intr. ‘leave behind’

2. v. tr., intr. ‘remain’

3. v. tr., intr. ‘left’

ba¹kbak˩

n. ‘tobacco’

ba¹mbam˩

n. ‘k.o. mangrove tree’; ‘pohon manggimanggi mera’

ba¹nban˩

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

ba¹ŋbaŋ˩

attr. ‘blind’

ba¹ŋbaŋ˩

1. n. ‘dust’

2. n. ‘smoke’

ba¹pbap˩

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)’

ba¹yla⁴¹mbaj˩lam˥˩

n. ‘small bat’

ba¹²pbap˩˨

n. ‘father’

ba¹²ybaj˩˨

n. ‘hit’

ba⁴¹ba˥˩

v. ‘blow (re. wind)’

ba⁴¹ba˥˩

1. v. tr., middle. ‘hit the mark’

2. interj. ‘Correctǃ’

ba⁴¹ŋbaŋ˥˩

1. v. tr. ‘break’

2. v. tr. ‘break off’

ba⁴¹ŋ hɛ³ltebaŋ˥˩ hɛl˦te

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

ba⁴¹ybaj˥˩

v. ‘pay’

beta²¹beta˨˩

marker. ‘future tense marker’

be²¹be˨˩

1. prep. ‘for’

2. interrog. ‘why’

be²¹be˨˩

v. tr. ‘give’

be³lbel˦

v. intr. ‘flash’

bɛ³mbɛm˦

n. ‘plate’

bɛ¹nsi³nbɛn˩sin˦

n. ‘gasoline’

bintu³ni³bintu˦ni˦

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

bi³ga²¹bi˦ɡa˨˩

nprop. ‘Biga’

bi³mbɔ¹²¹mpubim˦bɔm˩˨˩pu

n. ‘butterfly’

bi³nbin˦

v. intr. ‘jump (horizontally)’

bi¹²nbin˩˨

v. ‘pinch with the fingers and thumb’

bla²¹wblaw˨˩

attr. ‘sea’

bla²¹yblaj˨˩

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

bla³ŋblaŋ˦

attr. ‘soft (re. nuts)’

bla¹²wblaw˩˨

1. attr. ‘blue’

2. attr. ‘green’

bla⁴¹bla˥˩

attr. ‘fast’

bli¹²¹bli˩˨˩

n. ‘fishing rod’

blu¹²nblun˩˨

n. ‘head hair’

boma⁴¹mbomam˥˩

v. ‘defecate, poop’

bomi¹bomi˩

v. ‘urinate, pee’

bo²¹bo˨˩

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

bo²¹mbom˨˩

1. n. ‘bone’

2. n. ‘central vein of leaf’

bɔ²¹tbɔt˨˩

v. tr. ‘meet’

bɔ³kbɔk˦

v. intr. ‘come up’

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