OUTOFPAPUA database: Lexicons of the West Papuan language area

Miedema (1984f): Etskebi Akari

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
afaraɸar

‘bone’

argakarɡak

‘two’

atkasatkas

‘you (sg.)’

atkas(o)rombrègeatkas(o)rombreɡe

‘you (pl.)’

-axof-axoɸ

‘blood’

-axt-axt

‘black’

bi:nbiːn

‘come’

bitambitam

‘give’

bou(y)okbou(j)ok

‘name’

bufon(afon)buɸon(aɸon)

‘tooth’

èrgènserɡens

‘one’

eytet(s)ejtet(s)

‘eye’

i:siːs

‘man’

mauwmauw

‘sun’

mefrombrègemeɸrombreɡe

‘we’

mèkmek

‘pig’

mèmmem

‘bird’

mémafu(i)memaɸu(i)

‘egg’

memaxmemax

‘sleep’

mèmoiskanmemoiskan

‘good’

menkarmenkar

‘skim’

meraxmerax

‘fire’

m(e)raxfafm(e)raxɸaɸ

‘ashes’

mergamerɡa

‘tree’

metoaxormetoaxor

‘fingernail’

mèt(y)met(j)

‘dog’

méwèrmewer

‘head’

meyfreitsmejɸreits

‘hair’

meykakmejkak

‘leg’

meysmejs

‘louse’

mi:miː

‘water’

m(i)ènk(a)m(i)enk(a)

‘see’

miètmiet

‘eat’

mo:ntamoːnta

‘night’

mow(f)mow(ɸ)

‘ground’

mox(w)ommox(w)om

‘stone’

oudègeoudeɡe

‘tail’

te:fteːɸ

‘l’

titimtitim

‘arm’