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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-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)’

-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, take in water, swish around, spit out’

-ani¹²¹m-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 (non-animate accompaniment)’

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)’

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’

2. v. tr. ‘hang out, play’

3. n. ‘game, play’

baye³baje˦

adv. ‘counterclockwise orientation’

bay¹ba³tbaj˩bat˦

n. ‘Brown Dorcopsis’

ba²¹ba˨˩

v. ‘flow (re. water)’

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’

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’; ‘Pipistrellus papuanus, Aselliscus tricuspidatus’

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˨˩

prep. ‘for’

be²¹be˨˩

v. tr. ‘give’

be³lbel˦

v. intr. ‘flash’

bɛ³mbɛm˦

n. ‘plate’

be³¹be˦˩

interrog. ‘why’

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’

bɔ³nbɔn˦

n. ‘debt’

bo³tbot˦

n. ‘boat (in compound with wa³ŋ)’

bɔ³tbɔt˦

v. intr. ‘arrive at, reach’

bɔ¹ŋbɔŋ˩

n. ‘bat (general term)’

bɔ¹²mbɔm˩˨

n. ‘k.o. arrow’

bɔ¹²sbɔs˩˨

v. intr. ‘short of breath’

bu³bu˦

attr. ‘white, light-coloured’

bu³kbuk˦

n. ‘book’

bu³ybuj˦

n. ‘cloth, sarong’

bu³yha³ybuj˦haj˦

n. ‘loincloth made of treebark’

bu¹lu³tbu˩lut˦

n. ‘plate’

bu¹tbut˩

n. ‘k.o. breadfruit tree’; ‘sukun’; ‘k.o. Artocarpus’

bu¹ybu³ybuj˩buj˦

n. ‘mist of early morning’

bu¹²¹bu˩˨˩

v. tr. ‘embrace, take hold of (somebody)’

bu¹²¹bu˩˨˩

n. ‘k.o. tree’; ‘kayu besi’

bya¹²ybjaj˩˨

attr. ‘stiff, cramped’

cɛ³tcɛt˦

n. ‘paint’

cɛ¹ŋke³cɛŋ˩ke˦

n. ‘clovetree’; ‘Eugenia aromatica’

cɔ³kla³tcɔ˦klat˦

n. ‘cocoa tree’; ‘Theobroma cacao’

dadi³dadi˦

v. tr. ‘hack, cut’

dayi³pdajip˦

v. ‘pouring down (re. rain)’

da²¹da˨˩

v. ‘close’

da²¹mdam˨˩

v. ‘answer’

da²¹ndan˨˩

n. ‘leaf’

da²¹ŋdaŋ˨˩

v. tr. ‘search’

da³ndan˦

n. ‘garden (i e., place of agricultural cultivation)’

da¹ga³mda˩ɡam˦

n. ‘oil’

da¹mpa³tdam˩pat˦

attr. ‘nearby’

da¹ŋdaŋ˩

v. intr. ‘wait’

da¹pu³rda˩pur˦

n. ‘kitchen’

da¹ydaj˩

v. ‘draw (water – e.g. from well or deep container)’; ‘timbang’

da¹²ndan˩˨

v. intr. ‘peck (at)’

da¹²¹da˩˨˩

attr. ‘ripe (re. mango, banana)’

da⁴¹da˥˩

v. tr. ‘dig up, turn over, prepare/process (sago)’

da⁴¹ŋdaŋ˥˩

v. tr. ‘chase, go after’

dɛ²¹l-dɛl˨˩-

particle. ‘also’

dɛ²¹ltedɛl˨˩te

conj. ‘and’

dɛ²¹rɛmdɛ˨˩rɛm

quant. ‘every’

de³de˦

n. ‘house, nest’

dɛ³kdɛk˦

n. ‘landing stage’

dɛ³ldɛl˦

prep. ‘with’

dɛ³ndɛn˦

v. tr. ‘divide’

de¹²ldel˩˨

n. ‘thread’

dɛ¹²ldɛl˩˨

n. ‘friend’

de¹²¹de˩˨˩

v. intr. ‘in pain’

de⁴¹de˥˩

v. tr. ‘throw (towards)’

de⁴¹ lɛ⁴¹nde˥˩ lɛn˥˩

v. ‘plant sago (involves digging a hole)’

de⁴¹lode˥˩lo

n. ‘top’

di²¹ndin˨˩

v. tr. ‘ask for (something)’; ‘minta, mohon’

di²¹n wa⁴¹ldin˨˩ wal˥˩

‘promise’

di²¹nɛkdi˨˩nɛk

v. tr. ‘ask about (something)’; ‘tanya’

di³ŋdiŋ˦

v. tr. ‘make a ‘ding’-like sound’

di³ri³kdi˦rik˦

n. ‘k.o. big mat’; ‘kalipan’

di³wdiw˦

v. intr. ‘move (to change location of one’s home)’

di¹ndin˩

v. tr. ‘call (somebody)’; ‘panggil’

di¹n se¹tɛ³ndin˩ se˩tɛn˦

v. ‘conjure up a spirit / spirits’

di¹n yi³ndin˩ jin˦

v. ‘conjure up a spirit / spirits’

di¹²mdim˩˨

v. ‘scrub, mop (e.g. floor, boat; ≠ hi¹²p)’

di¹²ŋdiŋ˩˨

v. tr. ‘sew (e.g. sansu³n, ta¹²f)’

di¹²¹di˩˨˩

n. ‘build a separation (wall)’

di¹²¹mdim˩˨˩

n. ‘dark’; ‘gelap’

di¹²¹m ya¹ba³tdim˩˨˩ ja˩bat˦

attr. ‘pitch-dark’

di⁴¹di˥˩

n. ‘sound (specifically of machines that have a motor), noise (specifically of machines that have a motor)’

di⁴¹hadi˥˩ha

num. ‘one’

do²¹do˨˩

1. marker. ‘existential marker’

2. marker. ‘possession marker’

3. marker. ‘location marker, on, in, at’

4. interrog. ‘where’

5. interj. ‘expression of apology’

dɔ²¹kdɔk˨˩

v. tr. ‘pull (with force)’

dɔ³kdɔk˦

v. intr., refl., tr. ‘untie, undo, take off (re. clothes)’

dɔ³ldɔl˦

v. intr. ‘fall (re. rain)’

dɔ¹kdɔk˩

v. intr. ‘boil (only with respect to water)’

do¹ydoj˩

v. intr. ‘cough’

dɔ¹²ldɔl˩˨

v. intr. ‘fall (not re. rain)’

dɔ¹²ndɔn˩˨

v. ‘take out of (refers to taking out something that is stuck)’

dɔ¹²¹ldɔl˩˨˩

v. ‘sink (re. non-human), go under water (re. non-human)’

do⁴¹nodo˥˩no

adv. ‘long ago’

drɔ³mdrɔm˦

n. ‘large plastic barrel (e.g. for storage of water)’

du²¹kduk˨˩

v. intr. ‘frightened, to be scared, shocked’

du²¹ŋduŋ˨˩

v. tr. ‘pour out’

du²¹pdup˨˩

v. tr. ‘spit out’

du³du˦

1. attr. ‘hard (antonym of soft)’

2. attr. ‘physically straining’

3. attr. ‘ripe (re. breadfruit, banana)’

4. attr. ‘dark shade of (re. color term)’

du³du˦

v. ‘push’

du³ku³du˦ku˦

v. ‘mourn, sad due to the loss of a dear one’

du³mdum˦

v. tr. ‘follow, accompany, go along with’

du³m tedum˦ te

conj. ‘and’

du³tdut˦

v. ‘hit (with fist)’

du¹ŋduŋ˩

v. ‘wait’

du¹²tdut˩˨

n. ‘mother’

-ɛ³ŋ-ɛŋ˦

v. tr. ‘see’

-ɛ³ŋ/nɔ⁴¹ŋ -u²¹n-ɛŋ˦/nɔŋ˥˩ -un˨˩

v. tr. ‘recognize (visually / from the voice)’

-ɛ³¹-ɛ˦˩

particle. ‘yes/no-question marking particle’

-ɛ¹n-ɛn˩

v. ‘carry on a band over the shoulder’; ‘gendong’

-e¹pɛ³n-e˩pɛn˦

v. tr. ‘earn, obtain’

-ɛ⁴¹l-ɛl˥˩

1. v. ‘go down.’

2. v. ‘go downstream (in a boat)’

-ɛ⁴¹n-ɛn˥˩

v. ‘lie down’

faba²¹makfaba˨˩mak

n. ‘liar’

fabe¹bɛ³lfabe˩bɛl˦

v. tr. ‘heal, treat somebody for an illness’

fadi¹²mfadim˩˨

n. ‘k.o. breadfruit tree’; ‘sukun’; ‘k.o. Artocarpus’

fafi³fafi˦

v. intr. ‘well’

fago¹²lfaɡol˩˨

v. ‘shave’

fakasu³nfakasun˦

v. intr. ‘give birth’

fake¹tɛ³pfake˩tɛp˦

n. ‘scissors’

fali¹²wfaliw˩˨

v. intr. ‘win’

fama²¹tfamat˨˩

v. intr. ‘do one’s best, make an effort’; ‘berusaha’

fama¹²yfamaj˩˨

v. tr. ‘humiliate’

famɔ²¹lfamɔl˨˩

v. ‘cause to be, make’

faŋɔ⁴¹tfaŋɔt˥˩

attr. ‘thick’

fani¹wfaniw˩

n. ‘k.o. tree’; ‘sc. k.o. Canarium’

fara²¹wfaraw˨˩

adv. ‘fast’

fasa²¹lfasal˨˩

v. tr. ‘move’

fasa²¹yfasaj˨˩

pron. ‘other’

fase¹ndi³fasen˩di˦

attr. ‘big’

fasɛ¹²kfasɛk˩˨

v. ‘change (re. money)’

fasɔ¹²yfasɔj˩˨

v. ‘rest’

fata²¹nfatan˨˩

v. tr. ‘smell’

fatɛ¹tfatɛt˩

n. ‘sieve’

fato²¹pfatop˨˩

v. ‘peek’

fato²¹yfatoj˨˩

n. ‘female genitals’

fato²¹y po²¹lfatoj˨˩ pol˨˩

n. ‘pubic hair’

fato²¹y wu²¹mpofatoj˨˩ wum˨˩po

n. ‘part of female genitals, labia majora’

fatu²¹fatu˨˩

v. ‘dizzy’

faya¹nfajan˩

n. ‘mast’

faya¹wfajaw˩

v. ‘hunt (any animal, incl. fish, with whatever instrument)’

faya¹²yfajaj˩˨

v. tr. ‘taste’

fayɛ¹²tfajɛt˩˨

n. ‘fight’

fayo²¹lfajol˨˩

1. v. ‘invite, bring together, come together’

2. v. ‘collect’

fayu³faju˦

n. ‘wife’

fa²¹fa˨˩

n. ‘husband’

fa²¹fa˨˩

1. v. intr. ‘smell’

2. n. ‘smell’

fa²¹nfan˨˩

v. tr., middle. ‘dry (e.g. on a metal board; e.g. ni¹², cɔ³kla³t)’

fa²¹wfaw˨˩

n. ‘branches of palm tree (generic)’

fa³nfan˦

attr. ‘clean’

fa³sfas˦

n. ‘rice (in general)’

-fa³t-fat˦

num. ‘four’

fa¹ndu³nfan˩dun˦

v. tr. ‘need, want’

fa¹²mfam˩˨

n. ‘nuclear family or clan’

fa⁴¹fa˥˩

n. ‘chalk (ingredient of chew tobacco mix)’

fa⁴¹fa˥˩

n. ‘ray (kind of fish)’

fe³fe˦

n. ‘k.o. mat (used to sleep on)’; ‘tikar kakoya’

fɛ³nfɛn˦

n. ‘sea turtle’

fe¹fe˩

n. ‘hut’

fɛ¹nfɛn˩

v. tr. ‘breastfeed’

fɛ¹²tfɛt˩˨

1. v. tr. ‘cut (into pieces; involves use of knife or machete; well-controlled movement)’

fe¹²¹ydifej˩˨˩di

1. n. ‘bird’s wing’

2. n. ‘eyelid (when preceded by a form of manɔ²¹n ‘eye’)’

fi³fi˦

1. attr. ‘good’

2. attr. ‘helathy’

3. attr. ‘beautiful’

4. attr. ‘handsome’

5. attr. ‘good-natured’

6. marker. ‘modality marker (‘to feel like’)’

-fi³t-fit˦

num. ‘seven’

-fi¹²¹n-fin˩˨˩

1. particle. ‘how many?’

2. particle. ‘how much?’

fla¹wflaw˩

attr. ‘blind’

flɛ²¹mflɛm˨˩

v. ‘send’

flɛ³sflɛs˦

v. ‘weed’

flɛ¹fflɛf˩

v. ‘add (e.g. food on plate)’

flɛ¹²¹mpoflɛm˩˨˩po

n. ‘hiding place used in hunting’

flu²¹ŋfluŋ˨˩

attr. ‘unripe (re. mango)’

flu¹²ŋfluŋ˩˨

attr. ‘yellow, orange’

flu¹²ŋ du³fluŋ˩˨ du˦

attr. ‘orange (dark shade of yellow)’

fɔ²¹lfɔl˨˩

v. tr. ‘have as taboo’

fɔ²¹nfɔn˨˩

v. ‘whistle’

fo²¹wdɔ³mfow˨˩dɔm˦

n. ‘k.o. plant’

fɔ³nfɔn˦

attr. ‘full’

fɔ³nfɔn˦

v. ‘high-tide’

fɔ¹²nfɔn˩˨

v. intr. ‘blow’

fɔ¹²ŋfɔŋ˩˨

v. tr. ‘buy’

fo¹²¹lfol˩˨˩

v. tr. ‘stroke, caress, wipe (using hand)’

fo¹²¹wfow˩˨˩

v. ‘whistle’

fo⁴¹yfoj˥˩

n. ‘bow (weapon)’

fu²¹fu˨˩

v. intr. ‘say’

fu³nfun˦

n. ‘God’

fu¹²yfuj˩˨

v. tr. ‘sweep (with brush; e g room)’

gago³lɡaɡol˦

1. attr. ‘unripe (re. sapa¹y, nu¹)’

2. attr. ‘non-prototypical realization of a color’

gala¹²sɡalas˩˨

n. ‘glass’

galo¹yu³ɡalo˩ju˦

v. intr. ‘greedy’

gaŋgɛ³ŋɡaŋɡɛŋ˦

n. ‘illness’

gari³n bata²¹yi³ɡarin˦ bata˨˩ji˦

n. ‘soursop, prickly custard apple’; ‘sirsak’; ‘Annona muricata’

gari¹²nɡarin˩˨

n. ‘durian’; ‘Durio zibethinus’

gata³ɡata˦

n. ‘small bowl (e.g. from plastic)’

ga²¹ɡa˨˩

conj. ‘then’

ga²¹lɡal˨˩

1. n. ‘jaw’

2. n. ‘mouth’

ga²¹ŋɡaŋ˨˩

1. n. ‘place’

2. n. ‘moment’

ga²¹(pe)ɡa˨˩(pe)

adv. ‘right now’

ga²¹ri³sɡa˨˩ris˦

n. ‘match’

ga³mba³rɡam˦bar˦

v. ‘paint (a picture, e.g. on paper)’

ga³ŋɡaŋ˦

n. ‘field’

ga¹wɡaw˩

n. ‘hole, opening, cave’

ga⁴¹nɡan˥˩

n. ‘bamboo’

ga⁴¹n sate²¹ɡan˥˩ sate˨˩

1. n. ‘section of bamboo’

2. n. ‘any drinking instrument (e.g. glass)’

gɛ²¹lɡɛl˨˩

n. ‘fruit’

gɛ³tɡɛt˦

attr. ‘salty’

ge¹yɡej˩

n. ‘earthworm (not eaten)’

ge¹²ɡe˩˨

v. ‘peel (e.g. hu⁴¹ to be used as rope)’

gɛ¹²ŋɡɛŋ˩˨

v. tr., intr. ‘ill’

gi²¹mɡim˨˩

v. tr. ‘send’

gopi³ɡopi˦

n. ‘bellybutton’

go¹lɡol˩

n. ‘sugar’

go¹²lɡol˩˨

v. refl. ‘shave’

gu³nti³ŋɡun˦tiŋ˦

n. ‘scissors’

gu¹nɡun˩

n. ‘arrowhead made from iron’

haba¹²rhabar˩˨

n. ‘news, message’

hadohado

particle. ‘marker, expresses immediacy’

haku¹mhakum˩

n. ‘fern’

hala¹²ŋhalaŋ˩˨

v. ‘step over, tread’

hani³whaniw˦

adv. ‘directly, straight’

haro³wharow˦

prep. ‘until’

hate³lhatel˦

v. ‘at high up (re. sun)’

ha²¹ha˨˩

1. pron. ‘one’

2. conj. ‘like, as’

3. noun. ‘class marker’

ha²¹poha˨˩po

n. ‘penis’

ha²¹po po²¹lha˨˩po pol˨˩

n. ‘pubic hair’

ha²¹po yaha˨˩po ja

n. ‘penis excl. glans’

ha³ha˦

v. tr., intr. ‘go up’

ha³yhaj˦

1. n. ‘wood’

2. n. ‘k.o. tree, category of plants (trees and shrubs) that have branches’

ha³y wa²¹haj˦ wa˨˩

1. n. ‘medicine (including modern medicine)’; ‘obat’

2. n. ‘poison’

ha³ywa¹haj˦wa˩

n. ‘poison, medicine, antidote’

ha¹nhan˩

v. tr., middle. ‘cook (generic; directly on the fire – no water, no oil)’

ha¹nbu¹yhan˩buj˩

v. ‘grill, roast’

ha¹si³kha˩sik˦

attr. ‘lively, busy’; ‘ramai’

ha¹²whaw˩˨

v. intr. ‘married’

ha⁴¹lhal˥˩

v. tr. ‘dig out (e.g. canoe)’

ha⁴¹yhaj˥˩

n. ‘comb (made of bamboo, unless specified otherwise)’

ha⁴¹y nu¹²haj˥˩ nu˩˨

n. ‘comb (made of plastic)’

he²¹whew˨˩

v. ‘carry on the shoulder’; ‘pikul’

he³he˦

1. particle. ‘marker of completion, already’

2. particle. ‘describing a future state’

he³lhel˦

v. intr. ‘crescent-shaped (re. moon)’

hɛ³lhɛl˦

n. ‘mountain’

hɛ³ldi²¹hɛl˦di˨˩

n. ‘wall’

hɛ³lte¹hɛl˦te˩

n. ‘coastline (re. river or sea), waterside (re. river or sea)’

hɛ³thɛt˦

n. ‘anchor’

hi²¹phip˨˩

v. tr. ‘rub (liquid/moist substance)’

hi³hi˦

interj. ‘interjection of confirmation’

hi¹²phip˩˨

v. intr., refl., tr. ‘bathe, wash one’s body’

hɔthɔt

n. ‘cloth used as headwear, sarong used as headwear’

ho²¹ho˨˩

v. tr. ‘rub’

hɔ²¹hɔ˨˩

particle. ‘politeness marker’

ho²¹bɔ³tho˨˩bɔt˦

v. tr., middle. ‘boil’

ho²¹lhol˨˩

n. ‘pit, seed, bean’

ho²¹whow˨˩

n. ‘flower’

ho²¹yhoj˨˩

particle. ‘again’

ho³whow˦

n. ‘k.o. tree’; ‘pohon lawang’

ho³yhoj˦

v. ‘return’

hɔ¹ŋhɔŋ˩

n. ‘mango’

ho¹whow˩

v. tr. ‘wash (re. dishes, not re. body (hi¹²p) or clothes (ba³m))’

hɔ¹²khɔk˩˨

v. intr., tr. ‘break, pull, pull off (re. branch: by pulling downwards against its inclination)’

hɔ¹²lhɔl˩˨

v. ‘set up’

hɔ¹²¹lhɔl˩˨˩

v. intr. ‘sit, live, reside’

hɔ¹²¹lhɔl˩˨˩

v. intr. ‘sit, live’

hɔ⁴¹lhɔl˥˩

n. ‘k.o. snare’

hɔ⁴¹nlɔ³thɔn˥˩lɔt˦

n. ‘Adam’s apple’

hɔ⁴¹npohɔn˥˩po

n. ‘waterfall’

ho⁴¹whow˥˩

v. intr. ‘flower, bloom’

hu²¹ŋhuŋ˨˩

v. tr. ‘cause to enter, put in’

hu²¹yhuj˨˩

v. tr. ‘smoke-dry’

hu³ŋhuŋ˦

v. ‘enter, put on clothes’

hu¹²ŋhuŋ˩˨

v. ‘search’

hu⁴¹hu˥˩

n. ‘bamboo bark’

i-i-

marker. ‘noun class marker (class V. ‘Rest’)’

iba¹²¹ŋibaŋ˩˨˩

n. ‘Cuscus’; ‘Phalanger orientalis’

iba¹²¹ŋ ila¹²libaŋ˩˨˩ ilal˩˨

‘Common Spotted Cuscus’; ‘Spilocuscus maculatus’

ibli¹²¹tiblit˩˨˩

n. ‘k.o. mollusc’; ‘bia bor’

ibo¹yiboj˩

n. ‘k.o. mollusc’; ‘bia bor’

ifu⁴¹ifu˥˩

n. ‘Fruit Dove’; ‘genus Ptilinopus, various species, excl. Ptilinopus magnificus’

ifu⁴¹ taro¹tifu˥˩ tarot˩

n. ‘red-crowned fruit dove, all Ptilinopus species doves that have red mark on the head’

ifu⁴¹ tarɔ¹tifu˥˩ tarɔt˩

‘red-crowned fruit dove’; ‘Ptilinopus’

iga³ŋiɡaŋ˦

n. ‘swamp’

iga³tiɡat˦

n. ‘k.o. ant’

ige¹yiɡej˩

n. ‘earthworm’

igɔ¹²liɡɔl˩˨

n. ‘common scrubfowl’; ‘burung maleo’; ‘Megapodius freycinet’

igɔ¹²l bɛ³ŋiɡɔl˩˨ bɛŋ˦

‘Moluccan scrubfowl’; ‘Megapodius Wallacei’

ihu⁴¹ihu˥˩

n. ‘parasite worm in human intestine, not eaten’

ikebe¹yikebej˩

n. ‘k.o. mollusc’

iko³iko˦

n. ‘k.o. mollusc’; ‘bia darah’

ikɔ¹tikɔt˩

n. ‘Eclectus Parrot’

ikɔ⁴¹wikɔw˥˩

n. ‘lobster (generic term), shrimp (generic term)’

iku³mikum˦

n. ‘Great-billed Heron’; ‘Ardea sumatrana’

ila¹poila˩po

n. ‘squash’

ila¹²yilaj˩˨

n. ‘sister-in-law (after death of the linking male relative), female in-law (after death of the linking male relative)’

ili¹²¹ili˩˨˩

n. ‘k.o. ant red’

ili⁴¹finili˥˩fin

n. ‘k.o. low wickerwork basket’

ilɔ¹ŋilɔŋ˩

n. ‘hand-made comb’

ima²¹nsa¹wiman˨˩saw˩

n. ‘Banded sea krait (k.o. snake)’; ‘ks. of Laticauda’

ima³wimaw˦

n. ‘cat’

ima¹²yimaj˩˨

n. ‘sister-in-law, female in-law’

imo¹²yu³imo˩˨ju˦

1. n. ‘mother-in-law’

2. n. ‘daughter-in-law’

impa¹²nimpan˩˨

n. ‘Pinon Imperial Pigeon’; ‘Ducula pinon’

imu⁴¹nimun˥˩

n. ‘Purple-tailed Imperial Pigeon’; ‘Ducula rufigaster’

imya¹pimjap˩

n. ‘Crowned pigeon’; ‘Goura cristata’

inaina

particle. ‘marks end of clausal argument’

ina¹²ina˩˨

particle. ‘utterance-final question-word question marker’

ina¹²¹minam˩˨˩

n. ‘Singing Starling’; ‘Aplonis Cantaroides’

ina⁴¹ina˥˩

n. ‘widow’

iŋa¹kiŋak˩

n. ‘Brush-turkey’; ‘ayam hutan’; ‘ks. of Talegalla’

iŋa¹²yiŋaj˩˨

n. ‘Misool rainbowfish’; ‘Melanotaenia misoolensis’

-(i)no-(i)no

dem. ‘this’

-(i)nta²¹-(i)nta˨˩

dem. ‘there (far)’

-(i)nyo-(i)ɲo

dem. ‘there (not too far)’

ipo fu²¹nipo fun˨˩

n. ‘Lesser Bird of Paradise’; ‘Paradisaea minor’

ipɔ³¹ipɔ˦˩

particle. ‘utterance-final question-word question marker’

ipo¹²¹ipo˩˨˩

n. ‘bird’

isa¹ŋisaŋ˩

n. ‘Vulturine Parrot’; ‘Psittrichas fulgidus’

isɔ¹²kisɔk˩˨

n. ‘Echymipera, black ground-dwelling animal, adult head-body length 30 to 35 cms.’; ‘Echymipera kalubu, Echymipera rufescens’

isɔ¹²¹tisɔt˩˨˩

n. ‘k.o. root starch’; ‘keladi’; ‘Colocasia antiquorum / esculenta’

itɛ³mitɛm˦

attr. ‘same’

ite⁴¹poite˥˩po

n. ‘stirring stick. used in preparing sago porridge, approx. 35 cms.’

itisi²¹noitisi˨˩no

n. ‘metal bars, immediately above fire to support pots and pans during cooking’

iti³kitik˦

n. ‘frog’

itɔ⁴¹kitɔk˥˩

n. ‘honey’

itɔ⁴¹k nɛ³nitɔk˥˩ nɛn˦

n. ‘bee’

iwa³nke¹wiwan˦kew˩

n. ‘Wompoo fruit dove’; ‘Ptilinopus magnificus’

iwa¹yiwaj˩

n. ‘Sulphur-crested cockatoo’; ‘kakatua putih’; ‘Cacatua galerita’

iwe³yiwej˦

n. ‘Western Black-capped Lory’; ‘burung luri’; ‘Lorius lory’

iwɛ¹²kiwɛk˩˨

n. ‘k.o. insect (dangerous)’

iwɔ⁴¹iwɔ˥˩

n. ‘k.o. plant, the starchy root of which is eaten’; ‘ubi’

iya³mijam˦

n. ‘bird of prey (generic term; includes kites and owls, among others)’

iya³m lɛ⁴¹n de²¹loijam˦ lɛn˥˩ de˨˩lo

n. ‘brahminy kite’; ‘Haliastur indus’

iya³m tawi³ijam˦ tawi˦

n. ‘smaller iya³m

interj. ‘OK (expression of confirmation)’

i³la³ŋi˦laŋ˦

v. ‘have disappeared’

kabi¹²tkabit˩˨

attr. ‘black, dark-colored’

kabɔ¹ŋkabɔŋ˩

n. ‘bat (generic term – various species occur, but they are not distinguished)’

kadu¹²kadu˩˨

n. ‘wave’

kahɔ¹²mkahɔm˩˨

n. ‘k.o. small black ant’

kala³nkalan˦

attr. ‘red, pink’

kala¹pkalap˩

n. ‘folded piece of bamboo used to handle burning wood’

kala¹pkalap˩

attr. ‘grey’

kala¹²ŋkalaŋ˩˨

n. ‘fly’

kala⁴¹ŋkalaŋ˥˩

n. ‘Eclectus Parrot’; ‘Eclectus roratus’

kale²¹wkalew˨˩

v. tr. ‘mix’

kalu³fkaluf˦

n. ‘mouse’

kama¹ykamaj˩

n. ‘k.o. small red ant’

kamlɛ¹²kamlɛ˩˨

v. ‘wash one’s face’

kamo³wkamow˦

attr. ‘deaf’

kamɔ¹²wkamɔw˩˨

1. n. ‘star’

2. n. ‘firefly’

kanka²¹nkankan˨˩

n. ‘shape, form’

kapi¹²¹kapi˩˨˩

n. ‘k.o. ant’

kapna⁴¹kapna˥˩

n. ‘k.o. ant’

kapu¹²kapu˩˨

n. ‘loincloth’; ‘cidako’

kare¹²¹kare˩˨˩

attr. ‘frizzy (about hair)’

karɔ¹²nkarɔn˩˨

n. ‘k.o. red ant, which make their camp on wood, smaller than ili¹²¹

karɔ¹²n fu⁴¹lkarɔn˩˨ ful˥˩

n. ‘k.o. red big ant’

karɔ¹²n katubo⁴¹karɔn˩˨ katubo˥˩

n. ‘k.o. ant’

karɔ¹²skarɔs˩˨

attr. ‘impolite, rude’

karya¹²nkarjan˩˨

v. ‘work (generic/abstract term)’

kasa¹²skasas˩˨

n. ‘k.o. mollusc, bivalve, approx. 4 cms. shell is not grooved’

kasɛ³t sadi³kasɛt˦ sadi˦

n. ‘VCD’

kata³kata˦

n. ‘catapult’

kata¹kata˩

n. ‘spoon’

kate¹tɛ³lkate˩tɛl˦

n. ‘slice, ‘finger’’

kati¹²pkatip˩˨

n. ‘drinking instrument (general term)’

katmɛ¹tkatmɛt˩

v. intr. ‘stingy’

kawɛ¹²kawɛ˩˨

n. ‘k.o. leech’

kawu³tkawut˦

n. ‘village head’

kayɔ¹²wkajɔw˩˨

n. ‘k.o. leech’

ka³ca³ŋka˦caŋ˦

n. ‘plant with seedy fruit contained in a pod’

ka³kkak˦

n. ‘aunt’

ka³k li¹wkak˦ liw˩

n. ‘mother’s brother (older than mother)’

ka³k wa¹ykak˦ waj˩

n. ‘mother’s brother (younger than mother)’

ka³mkam˦

n. ‘rocky hill, rocky mountain’

ka³skas˦

n. ‘cupboard’

ka¹fkaf˩

n. ‘crab’

ka¹mkam˩

1. n. ‘evening (period from nightfall to daybreak), night (period from nightfall to daybreak)’

2. interj. ‘± good night (greeting used when meeting during above-mentioned period)’

ka¹nkan˩

n. ‘k.o. rotan’

ka¹pa³lka˩pal˦

n. ‘ship (no sail, propelled by a motor)’

ka⁴¹paska˥˩pas

n. ‘thread, bought in shop only, not homemade’

ke¹skes˩

n. ‘resin’; ‘damar’

kɛ¹²skɛs˩˨

v. ‘write’

kɛ¹²s bu³ŋa³kɛs˩˨ bu˦ŋa˦

v. ‘paint (a picture)’

kɔ²¹pkɔp˨˩

attr. ‘dark, nighttime’

kɔ³kkɔk˦

n. ‘snake (generic term)’

kɔ³k bu³kɔk˦ bu˦

‘k.o. snake’

ko³la³kko˦lak˦

n. ‘stew (e.g. of sweet potatoes sweentened with sugar and with added water thinning the consistency to that of porridge), mash’

kɔ³skɔs˦

n. ‘t-shirt’

kɔ¹²kkɔk˩˨

n. ‘throat’

ko¹²¹lkol˩˨˩

v. intr. ‘funny’

ko¹²¹mkom˩˨˩

attr. ‘lame, rigid’

ko⁴¹lkol˥˩

v. intr. ‘jump (horizontally)’

kutkut

n. ‘charcoal’

ku²¹mkum˨˩

v. ‘clench fist’

ku³pu³nku˦pun˦

n. ‘livelihood, income’

ku³rsi³kur˦si˦

n. ‘chair’

ku³ykuj˦

n. ‘biscuit’

lalɛ¹llalɛl˩

n. ‘sea straits’

lamo³llamol˦

postp. ‘interior’

landarlandar

n. ‘fishing net’

laŋa¹nlaŋan˩

n. ‘Papuan olive python’; ‘Apodora papuana’

lanta²¹lanta˨˩

adv. ‘forward’

lawa⁴¹nlawan˥˩

n. ‘Green tree python’; ‘Morelia viridis’

lawi¹²nlawin˩˨

n. ‘sail’

la²¹la˨˩

adv. ‘question-marking particle where to’

la²¹ŋlaŋ˨˩

v. tr., middle. ‘barbecue (i e., to roast/grill food over a fire, using a metal grid to keep the food from the source of heat)’

la²¹plap˨˩

n. ‘side’

la²¹wala˨˩wa

adv. ‘short while, briefly’

la³nlan˦

n. ‘raja’

la³nlan˦

n. ‘song’

la³ŋlaŋ˦

n. ‘k.o. surface, approx. 1 5 meter above fire, for drying sagocake, fish, etc.’

la³slas˦

v. intr. ‘swim’

la³wlaw˦

1. adv. ‘long time’

2. adv. ‘rarely, seldom’

3. adv. ‘slow’

la³ylaj˦

1. n. ‘error, wrong’

2. v. ‘wrong’

la¹flaf˩

v. tr. ‘spread out’

la¹mlam˩

n. ‘needle’

la¹mpu³lam˩pu˦

n. ‘lamp’

la¹ylaj˩

n. ‘k.o. palm tree, the leaves are used to make di³ri³k mats’

la¹²ylaj˩˨

n. ‘brother-in-law (after death of the linking female relative), male in-law (after death of the linking female relative)’

la¹²¹la˩˨˩

1. n. ‘sun’

2. n. ‘day’

la¹²¹ de⁴¹la˩˨˩ de˥˩

v. ‘sun shines’

la¹²¹llal˩˨˩

v. intr. ‘move’

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