OUTOFPAPUA database: Lexicons of the West Papuan language area

Usher & Suter (2020a): Proto-Asmat-Kamrau Bay

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Headword IPA Glosses
*aeC

‘thigh’

*aji

‘new’

*amo

‘louse’

*amoine

‘bow’

*amuini(C)

‘smoke’

*anu

‘centipede’

*apimi

‘sago pulp’

*(a)sa

‘egg’

*asa

‘excrement’

*asa bu

‘flatulate’

*asi

‘day’

*awo

‘breast’

*bebe

‘hard’

*bere

‘vagina’

*bo

‘paddle’

*bora

‘see, look’

*bu

‘cassowary’

*bura

‘moon’

*(e,a)nawa

‘come’

*(e,a)poɟa

‘elder brother’

*(e,a)waoɟa

‘younger brother’

*eake

‘fruit, seed’

*eme

‘drum’

*eme

‘stand’

*(e)namo

‘fish’

*esaeC

‘netbag’

*ese

‘blood’

*esi

‘sleep’

*eɸe

‘leaf’

*gar(aw)u

‘old’

*g(e,a)ma

‘give’

*gepane

‘cheek, jaw’

*gewa

‘take’

*gewu

‘son, child’

*geɸe

‘rain’

*geɸi

‘leech’

*gi

‘cut up’

*igi

‘thorn’

*isi

‘mosquito’

*iwin(i,e)

‘lips’

*jage

‘call’

*jaka

‘charcoal’

*jamopuC

‘armpit’

*jawimi

‘ribs’

*jawu

‘sun’

*jaɸa

‘hole’

*jaɸaro

‘wing’

*jeta

‘stone’

*j(i,u)ri

‘shoot’

*jiniɸa

‘knee’

*jita

‘tie’

*jiwi

‘hear’

*jiwu

‘small’

*jud(a,o)roC

‘heavy’

*juwuri

‘dog’

*juɸo(ko)

‘cold’

*kaboma

‘two’

*kawei

‘person’

*komane

‘tongue’

*mana(mV)

‘eye’

*mana-pun (i,u)

‘forehead’

*mane

‘tip’

*masa(p,ɸ)u

‘saliva’

*mawu

‘foot’

*maɟe

‘weep, cry’

*miC

‘nose’

*miniC

‘mucus’

*mo

‘cut down’

*moi

‘water’

*moneɸV

‘sugarcane’

*musa

‘testicle’

*nabu

‘white’

*nasuC

‘wound’

*n(e,a)

‘eat, drink’

*ope

‘above’

*osV

‘cough’

*oɸo

‘pig’

*oɸo

‘rotten, soft’

*sasoC

‘dry’

*siC

‘tooth’

*sini

‘sand’

*sonane

‘forearm’

*ufu

‘head, hair’

*umid(i,u)

‘ashes’

*usa

‘fire, firewood’

*usini

‘coconut’

*w(a,o)namo

‘sky’

*wasa

‘clearing for a garden’

*wasae

‘red ochre’

*ɟ(a,o)i

‘lie (down)’

*ɟamane

‘penis’

*ɟawa

‘nest’

*ɟawoɟa

‘woman’

*ɟaɸo

‘hit’

*ɸae

‘buttocks’

*ɸima

‘vein, tendon’

*ɸini

‘hair’

*ɸoma

‘neck’