OUTOFPAPUA database: Lexicons of the West Papuan language area

Earl (1848a): Meher

Original citation: Earl, George Windsor. 1848. Speciments of the dialects of Timor and of the chain of islands extending thence to New Guinea. Journal of the Indian Archipelago and Eastern Asia II. 695-704.

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a'aheviaʔaheβi

‘say (to)’

a'amaʔam

‘sky’

a'avroinaʔaβroin

‘understand’

ahakahak

‘stammer (to)’

ahkaahka

‘slave’

ahu kourahu kour

‘bark (as a dog)’

ahuaahua

‘dog’

aiai

‘fire’

ailandiailanʈi

‘bad’

ailandiailanʈi

‘wicked’

aileaile

‘be’

ai-léhrai-lehr

‘sparks’

ai-mahoai-maho

‘smoke’

aininaainina

‘his, hers’

ainorkainork

‘think’

ainuhuainuhu

‘my, mine’

akiéakie

‘count’

akinakin

‘heart’

akukurakukur

‘dumb’

alamalam

‘night’

alueri-ihiralueri-ihir

‘rice’

anéane

‘wind’

ané-laláhapane-lalahap

‘storm’

aninitaninit

‘year’

apakéapake

‘garden’

apakéapake

‘plantation’

apinaapina

‘sick’

apuapu

‘ashes’

arenaren

‘charcoal’

arpauarpau

‘buffalo’

atawéatawe

‘cover’

auau

‘wood’

au-aiau-ai

‘flue’

au-honau-hon

‘tree’

au-kawiau-kawi

‘leaf’

au-muliau-muli

‘tamarind’

awahanawahan

‘board (plank)’

awahanawahan

‘stool’

awahiawahi

‘thread’

awaraawara

‘ripe’

awoliawoli

‘window’

bahabaha

‘wash’

bapabapa

‘father’

bapa turanbapa turan

‘father(step)’

buhubuhu

‘milk’

é'evieʔeβi

‘which’

éënenieʔeneni

‘they’

èhinehin

‘leg’

éhinehin

‘foot’

éhin-koörnehin-koʔorn

‘knee’

ehin-lapanehin-lapan

‘thigh’

enenenen

‘other’

enenenen

‘that’

enienienieni

‘this’

enimoenimo

‘earth’

enimo-memerienimo-memeri

‘clay’

ennuaennua

‘turtle’

ha'arihaʔari

‘share’

haälahaʔala

‘false’

hahahaha

‘rice (boiled)’

haherhaher

‘mount (to)’

halahala

‘wrong’

hamihami

‘potatoe (sweet)’

harihari

‘current’

hariyaharija

‘uncover’

hariyihariji

‘open’

harukaharuka

‘scratch’

heheliheheli

‘difficult’

hehéliheheli

‘sorry’

héhihehi

‘hatchet’

héléhele

‘pull (to)’

helemihelemi

‘dive’

heranheran

‘waist’

heriheri

‘change’

herialiheriali

‘lie down’

hihenihiheni

‘respect’

hirirahirira

‘theirs’

hoarohoaro

‘cough’

hohonhohon

‘wife’

holokholok

‘bay’

hùlikinhulikin

‘skin’

huruahurua

‘spoon’

iakaiaka

‘perish’

iäweroiniʔaweroin

‘know (to)’

idaiʈa

‘a, an’

idaiʈa

‘one’

idméiʈme

‘very’

ihanihan

‘fish’

iheheniiheheni

‘such’

ihirihir

‘make (to)’

ikaika

‘we’

ikarikar

‘more’

iki-nikiiki-niki

‘our’

inaina

‘mother’

ina-turanina-turan

‘mother (step)’

inha'avinhaʔaβ

‘what’

inhoniinhoni

‘who’

inyiiɲi

‘he, she’

inyiiɲi

‘it’

iopeniiopeni

‘send’

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