OUTOFPAPUA database: Lexicons of the West Papuan language area

Miedema (1984i): Moskona Merdey

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
auwraauwra

‘tail’

axtaaxta

‘black’

batmargubuabatmarɡubua

‘you (sg.)’

bimbim

‘come’

bitètsbitets

‘eye’

bitmarbitmar

‘eat’

bitoguobitoɡuo

‘give’

biwèrbiwer

‘head’

biwèrfesyèbiwerɸesje

‘hair’

buokabuoka

‘name’

dakidaki

‘leg’

didifdidiɸ

‘l’

ergakerɡak

‘two’

èrgènserɡens

‘one’

(i)tuxòrè(i)tuxore

‘fingernail’

mah(a)nyamah(a)ɲa

‘sleep’

mauw(o)mauw(o)

‘ground’

mèkmek

‘pig’

mèmmem

‘bird’

mémifmemiɸ

‘we’

mèraxmerax

‘fire’

mèsmes

‘dog’

mètsmets

‘louse’

meymej

‘water’

mojaxomoɟaxo

‘ashes’

motumotu

‘night’

moumou

‘sun’

mungomumuŋomu

‘arm’

mu(o)fuonmu(o)ɸuon

‘tooth’

muosmuos

‘skim’

muosgonimuosɡoni

‘stone’

o:faoːɸa

‘good’

oforaoɸora

‘bone’

ofowoɸow

‘egg’

okowokow

‘tree’

oxwofioxwoɸi

‘blood’

runaruna

‘man’

toistèntoisten

‘you (pl.)’

-ukèn-uken

‘sit’

wiyetsgawijetsɡa

‘see’