OUTOFPAPUA database: Lexicons of the West Papuan language area

Cowan (1957): Watubela

Original citation: Cowan, H. K. J. 1957. Een Russisch gegeven over de taal van Watubella. Bijdragen tot de Taal-, Land- en Volkenkunde 113. 290-291.

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Total entries: 49
Headword IPA Glosses
agriaɡri

‘fire’; ‘vuur’

akuaku

‘I’; ‘ik’

al'bulusalʔbulus

‘beard’; ‘baard’

al'kolaalʔkola

‘neck’; ‘hals’

alualu

‘eight’; ‘8’

argarɡ

‘water’; ‘water’

bolot-bolotbolot-bolot

‘child’; ‘kind’

chilichili

‘mouth’; ‘mond’

chuschus

‘nose’; ‘neus’

fatifati

‘four’; ‘4’

fitufitu

‘seven’; ‘7’

gilolaɡilola

‘woman’; ‘vrouw’

inin

‘he’; ‘hij’

keinakeina

‘earth’; ‘aarde’

kelukelu

‘head’; ‘hoofd’

kolokolo

‘sun’; ‘zon’

koukou

‘you’; ‘jij’

kuekue

‘foot’; ‘voet’

lamadalamada

‘tongue’; ‘tong’

latchalatcha

‘hundred’; ‘100’

letal'nilaletalʔnila

‘chest’; ‘borst’

limalima

‘five’; ‘5’

liwungchaliwuŋcha

‘thousand’; ‘1000’

lokoslokos

‘yes’; ‘ja’

lumachalumacha

‘hut’; ‘hut’

mala tonga boygnmala toŋa bojɡn

‘fingers’; ‘vingers’

malomalo

‘hand’; ‘hand’

matamata

‘eye’; ‘oog’

matakamataka

‘man’; ‘man’

mlaimammamlaimamma

‘forehead’; ‘voorhoofd’

mnimni

‘back’; ‘rug’

myoromjoro

‘teeth’; ‘tanden’

onanonan

‘six’; ‘6’

ruarua

‘two’; ‘2’

sasa

‘one’; ‘1’

sauchasaucha

‘canoe’; ‘prauw’

siasia

‘nine’; ‘9’

tachitachi

‘sea’; ‘zee’

telintelin

‘ear’; ‘oor’

tolutolu

‘three’; ‘3’

ukauka

‘hair’; ‘haar’

umachaumacha

‘ten’; ‘10’

uta amachaiuta amachai

‘eleven’; ‘11’

uta maruauta marua

‘twelve’; ‘12’

uta matoluuta matolu

‘thirteen’; ‘13’

utuluautulua

‘twenty’; ‘20’

utulualimautulualima

‘twenty-five’; ‘25’

watubellawatubella

‘stone, rock’; ‘steen’

wouachiwouachi

‘village’; ‘dorp’