OUTOFPAPUA database: Lexicons of the West Papuan language area

‘core, middle, e.g. on a wooden stick’; ‘inti, bagian tengah, mis. pada batang kayu’

‘weave’; ‘tenun, menenun’

‘soak’; ‘rendam’

‘younger brother’; ‘adik’

‘take’; ‘ambil’

‘rainbow’; ‘pelangi, benang raja’

‘father’; ‘ayah’

‘deep, deep part of the river’; ‘lubuk, bagian sungai yang dalam’

‘gills (of fish)’; ‘insang (pada ikan)’

‘invite, encourage’; ‘ajak, undang’

‘elephant bamboo’; ‘sej. bambu yang batangnya besar, betung’; ‘Dendrocalamus asper’

‘attached, huddled together’; ‘dempet, berdempet’

‘roof’; ‘atap rumah’

‘body, self’; ‘badan, diri’

‘sugar palm tree’; ‘pohon enau’; ‘Arenga saccharifera, Arenga pinnata’

‘transport’; ‘angkut’

‘stem (e.g. log)’; ‘batang (mis. batang kayu)’

‘ko. white caterpillar the size of a thumb’; ‘sej. ulat berwarna putih sebesar ibu jari tangan’

‘meeting, deliberation’; ‘pertemuan, permusyawaratan’

‘support’; ‘dukung’

‘shoulder’; ‘bahu’

‘lower jaw’; ‘rahang bawah’

‘attic (at home)’; ‘loteng (pada rumah)’

‘kind of vegetable’; ‘sejenis sayur’; ‘Gnetum gnemon’

‘new’; ‘baru’

‘cook rice in bamboo’; ‘nasi buluh, lemang’

‘sea’; ‘laut’

‘house’; ‘rumah’

‘change’; ‘ganti’

‘ko. anchovy’; ‘sej. ikan teri’

‘ko. melon’; ‘sambiki’; ‘Lagenaria hispida’

‘lie down’; ‘berbaring’

‘pant, find it hard to breathe’; ‘terengah-engah, sesak napas’

‘carcass’; ‘bangkai’

‘coconut’; ‘kelapa’; ‘Cocos nucifera’

‘get up’; ‘bangun’

‘numb, tingling’; ‘mati rasa, sesemutan’

‘tube from the midrib of sago leaves’; ‘tabung dari pelepah daun sagu’

‘body, self’; ‘badan, diri’

‘rock’; ‘batu’

‘go on’; ‘naik’

‘snare’; ‘jerat’

‘candlenut’; ‘kemiri’; ‘Aleurites moluccana’

‘ballast load’; ‘beban pemberat’

‘lips’; ‘bibir’

‘tote’; ‘jinjing’

‘duck’; ‘itik’

‘opening something by using your fingers, e.g. open closed eyelids’; ‘membuka sesuatu dengan menggunakan jari, mis. membuka kelopak mata yang tertutup’

‘boil’; ‘bisul’

‘leer, glance’; ‘lirik’

‘rotten eggs’; ‘telur busuk’

‘Indian laurel’; ‘pohon bintangar’; ‘Calophyllum inophyllum’

‘corn’; ‘jagung’; ‘Zea mays’

‘fish egg’; ‘telur ikan’

‘monkey’; ‘kera’

‘hard to breathe’; ‘sesak napas’

‘lift’; ‘angkat’

‘hit (hard, e.g. hit the reed until it crumbles)’; ‘pukul (dengan keras, mis. memukul batang buluh sampai remuk)’

‘hole’; ‘lubang’

‘mute’; ‘bisu’

‘goosebumps (on the human body), fur (on the animal's body)’; ‘bulu roma (pada tubuh manusia), bulu (pada badan binatang)’

‘roof connection’; ‘hubungan atap rumah’

‘bulk, pour’; ‘curah, tuang’

‘unplug it’; ‘cabut’

‘powder, ko. wood-eating termites’; ‘bubuk, sej. rayap pemakan kayu’

‘mung beans’; ‘kacang hijau’

‘brave’; ‘berani’

‘rice’; ‘beras’

‘heavy’; ‘berat’

‘little mosquito’; ‘nyamuk kecil’

‘ko. marsh bird’; ‘burung weris, sej. burung rawa’

‘rotten, bad’; ‘busuk, buruk’

‘go home, return’; ‘pulang, kembali’

‘charcoal (from wood or shells)’; ‘arang (dari kayu atau tempurung)’

‘knee’; ‘lutut, buku pada ruas’

‘month’; ‘bulan’

‘rambutan’; ‘rambutan’; ‘Nephelium lappaceum’

‘gold’; ‘emas’

‘husband and wife, marry’; ‘suami/istri, kawin’

‘butt’; ‘pantat’

‘free’; ‘lepas’

‘price’; ‘harga’

‘witch doctor’; ‘dukun’

‘stretcher’; ‘usung’

‘ax’; ‘kapak’

‘boat’; ‘perahu’

‘bamboo’; ‘bambu, buluh’

‘bracelet made of local skin’; ‘gelang dari kulit lokan’

‘disband, run’; ‘bubar, lari’

‘dibble’; ‘menugal’

‘flower’; ‘bunga’

‘tip (numeral classifier for objects that are round and elongated)’; ‘ujung (kata bantu bilangan untuk benda yang bulat memanjang)’

‘sand’; ‘pasir’

‘sand in the waterless part of the river’; ‘pasir di bagian sungai yang tak berair’

‘noni, tree whose bark is made into red paint to color batik cloth’; ‘mengkudu, bengkudu, pohon yang kulitnya dibuat cat merah untuk mewarnai kain batik’; ‘Morinda citrifolia’

‘ear’; ‘talinga’

‘clove’; ‘cengkih’; ‘Eugenia aromatica’

‘deaf’; ‘tuli’

‘hide’; ‘sembunyi’

‘eagle’; ‘burung elang’; ‘Haliastur indus intermedius, Spilornis cheela’