OUTOFPAPUA database: Lexicons of the West Papuan language area

Usher & Suter (2020e): Proto-Muli Strait

Original citation: Usher, Timothy and Edgar Suter. 2020. The Asmat-Muli Languages of Southwestern New Guinea. Language and Linguistics in Melanesia 38. 148-175.

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Headword IPA Glosses
*abuɣ*abuɣ

‘breast’ (eng)

*am*am

‘louse’ (eng)

*ar*ar

‘excrement’ (eng)

*ar pu*ar pu

‘flatulate’ (eng)

*iri*iri

‘blood’ (eng)

*jem*jem

‘give’ (eng)

*jiw*jiw

‘take’ (eng)

*mɔb*mɔb

‘foot’ (eng)

*moi*moi

‘water’ (eng)

*mæneɣ*mæneɣ

‘nose’ (eng)

*nu[-gu]*nu[-ɡu]

‘eat, drink’ (eng)

*par*par

‘garden’ (eng)

*peɣer*peɣer

‘see, look’ (eng)

*tai*tai

‘lie (down)’ (eng)

*tap*tap

‘hit’ (eng)

*up*up

‘pig’ (eng)

*war-*war-

‘red ochre’ (eng)

*zawa*zawa

‘sun’ (eng)

*z(i,u)ri*z(i,u)ri

‘shoot’ (eng)

*ziw*ziw

‘hear’ (eng)

*ɣaim*ɣaim

‘drum’ (eng)

*ɣup*ɣup

‘head, hair’ (eng)