OUTOFPAPUA database: Lexicons of the West Papuan language area

Earl (1848b): Dengka

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.
Notes on this source: Earl describes this language as "Island of Rotti (near S. W. end of Timor.)" Based on several word forms, this language is most likely Dengka.

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Headword IPA Glosses
a'aaʔa

‘four’ (eng)

busabusa

‘dog’ (eng)

duaʈua

‘two’ (eng)

dua huluʈua hulu

‘twenty’ (eng)

dungʈuŋ

‘star’ (eng)

ésaesa

‘one’ (eng)

fafifafi

‘hog’ (eng)

falufalu

‘eight’ (eng)

fulanfulan

‘moon’ (eng)

hata-holihata-holi

‘man’ (eng)

hituhitu

‘seven’ (eng)

inaina

‘woman’ (eng)

lérohleroh

‘sun’ (eng)

limalima

‘five’ (eng)

natu ésanatu esa

‘hundred’ (eng)

ne

‘six’ (eng)

nusunusu

‘earth’ (eng)

oioi

‘water’ (eng)

sangahulusaŋahulu

‘ten’ (eng)

sangahulu-èsasaŋahulu-esa

‘eleven’ (eng)

siusiu

‘nine’ (eng)

telutelu

‘three’ (eng)