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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Total entries: 22
Headword IPA Glosses
*abuɣ*abuɣ

‘breast’

*am*am

‘louse’

*ar*ar

‘excrement’

*ar pu*ar pu

‘flatulate’

*iri*iri

‘blood’

*jem*jem

‘give’

*jiw*jiw

‘take’

*mɔb*mɔb

‘foot’

*moi*moi

‘water’

*mæneɣ*mæneɣ

‘nose’

*nu[-gu]*nu[-ɡu]

‘eat, drink’

*par*par

‘garden’

*peɣer*peɣer

‘see, look’

*tai*tai

‘lie (down)’

*tap*tap

‘hit’

*up*up

‘pig’

*war-*war-

‘red ochre’

*zawa*zawa

‘sun’

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

‘shoot’

*ziw*ziw

‘hear’

*ɣaim*ɣaim

‘drum’

*ɣup*ɣup

‘head, hair’