OUTOFPAPUA database: Lexicons of the West Papuan language area

Miedema (1984d): Meyah Mumbrani

Original citation: Miedema, Jelle. 1984. De Kebar 1855-1980: Sociale structuur en religie in de Vogelkop van West Nieuw-Guinea. Dordrecht: Foris Publications.

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Headword IPA Glosses
afo(i) ofo(i)aɸo(i) oɸo(i)

‘egg’

auraaura

‘tail’

aw(e)xobruaw(e)xobru

‘fingernail’

axtaaxta

‘black’

binbin

‘come’

bitabita

‘give’

didifdidiɸ

‘l’

èrgèkerɡek

‘two’

èrgènserɡens

‘one’

ètutsetuts

‘you (sg.)’

ètuxotsietuxotsi

‘you (pl.)’

ma:kimaːki

‘leg’

ma:xmaːx

‘fire’

ma:x(e)amaːx(e)a

‘sleep’

mamimami

‘stone’

mauwamauwa

‘sun’

maywohkamajwohka

‘ashes’

mè(i)t(s)me(i)t(s)

‘louse’

mèkmek

‘pig’

mèk-uimek-ui

‘pig (w.)’

mèk-usmek-us

‘pig (d.)’

mèmmem

‘bird’

mèsmes

‘dog’

mèwimewi

‘ground’

meymej

‘water’

mi:famiːɸa

‘head’

mi:fèsyimiːɸesji

‘hair’

mi:kmiːk

‘see’

mi:tmiːt

‘eat’

mikèrmiker

‘sit’

minifminiɸ

‘we’

mitètmitet

‘eye’

mitmamitma

‘arm’

(m)ogu(e)(m)oɡu(e)

‘bone’

monamona

‘man’

mòtumotu

‘night’

mufakamuɸaka

‘name’

mufonmuɸon

‘tooth’

m(u)foram(u)ɸora

‘blood’

muosmuos

‘skim’

òkàwu(n)okawu(n)

‘tree’

oufaouɸa

‘good’