OUTOFPAPUA database: Lexicons of the West Papuan language area

Roesler (2011): Central Asmat

Original citation: Calvin Roesler. 2011. Asmat Dictionary. PARADISEC Archive, Australia. URL: https://dx.doi.org/10.4225/72/56EEC3EBB0079.

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Headword IPA Glosses
fayimtam fajimtam

v. ‘take care of for someone’

àà

pro. ‘he, she, it, him, her, that’

a atakam, bare atakamnak araa atakam, bare atakamnak ara

id. ‘true talk, amen’

a cemsan a cemsana tʃemsan a tʃemsan

id. ‘each village’

a jipicaa dʒipitʃa

id. ‘each man, each woman’

a-a-aa-a-a

part. ‘prolonged action’

aaaaaːaː

adv. ‘do for a long time’

Acatʃ

‘village’

àcàtʃ

‘hawk with white head’

àcacìnàtʃatʃìn

adv. ‘crowd around, assault’; ‘rampas’

acamatʃam

v. ‘become’

acanatʃan

n. ‘wild bananas’

acenatʃen

adv. ‘after something had been done’

acinatʃin

‘sagu meal ball, the first one baked’

aciratʃir

‘platform on stringers where sago is stored’

àcuwàtʃuw

n. ‘forbid (with at), angry’

àcuwàtʃuw

n. ‘leaf which is prickly’

acuwkamoripicatʃuwkamoripitʃ

n. ‘spirit, one kind’

aeae

adv. ‘many times’

aema aemaaema aema

v. ‘do repeatedly’

aemawirukum owaemawirukum ow

id. ‘people do with you’

aenawcowaenawtʃow

adj. ‘coming’

aenawcow jofayaenawtʃow dʒofaj

n. ‘future day(s)’

aenawefaenawef

id. ‘past time’

aenawmaraenawmar

adj. ‘coming’

aeremaerem

v. ‘create (with ji)’

aetiwaetiw

v. ‘promise secretly (with atayi)’

afaf

v. ‘die (with damir)’

afaf

v. ‘do’

afasafas

‘ancestor’

afas utmarafas utmar

n. ‘ancestor of previous time, important person’

affesaffes

v. ‘jealous (with icim)’

afiafi

‘bubbles that surface in water’

afinafin

‘maggot’

afirikikiafirikiki

v. ‘become tangled’

afiwiritafiwirit

v. ‘become tangled’

afoafo

adj. ‘wide, large, spacious’

afomafom

v. ‘make big’

afopafop

v. ‘kiss’

afseafse

v. ‘die in water (with damir)’

aftamaftam

v. ‘die for (with damir)’

afwiafwi

‘rivulets of water, little ditch’

afwiritafwirit

v. ‘get tangled’

aipemaipem

n. ‘moiety’

aipenaipen

‘two sections of manhouse’

ajawasmaradʒawasmar

adj. ‘surrounding’

ajepadʒep

n. ‘thorn’

ajiadʒi

‘end of something (as a garden plot)’

ajimadʒim

v. ‘complete’

ajimkurumadʒimkurum

v. ‘use up, give away’

ajinadʒin

adj. ‘one of many’

Ajiposarpesadʒiposarpes

‘clan of As-Atat village’

ajiramsadʒirams

v. ‘stoop over (as to look into)’

ajiremadʒirem

n. ‘tree with red center and hard wood used for building houses’

ajiwaradʒiwar

adv. ‘boundary of time, far as, to this point, starting today, until, only’

ajofayadʒofaj

‘next day’

ajowadʒow

n. ‘earth tremor’

ajukamecadʒukametʃ

‘collection of things in standing position (fruit, people, etc)’

ajukamesadʒukames

‘collection of things lying down’

ajumadʒum

v. ‘care for, give food’

ajupumaadʒupuma

v. ‘throw in water one time or so’

àjuràdʒur

n. ‘fish species with a long broad tail, small mouth,’

ajuromtopomadʒuromtopom

v. ‘stretch out, reach’

akak

adv. ‘accompany\rf 4 726’

akak

‘cheek’

akak

v. ‘do, make, shave’

akak

adj. ‘edge, near’; ‘pinggir’

akak

v. ‘go directly (with akan)’

akak

pro. ‘grandfather, father-in-law’

akak

v. ‘pick (as fruit)’

akak

v. ‘scoop up, scrape off’

ak bakajim ipicak bakadʒim ipitʃ

id. ‘one who stays with/ helps another’

ak bwetawak bwetaw

v. ‘speak figuatively’

akacakatʃ

prep. ‘together with, help with’

akajimoseakadʒimose

adj. ‘close together’

akamakam

v. ‘divine’

akamakam

v. ‘give directly’

akamakam

‘nipa palm (it's fruit is tas)’

akamakam

‘outside of canoe’

akamakam

v. ‘push deep’

akam fweakam fwe

n. ‘floating lipa stump’

Akamatakamat

‘clan in Warsey village’

akamatakamat

adj. ‘old, of people and animals’

akamatipicakamatipitʃ

‘old man (older than owduciripic)’

Akamjoakamdʒo

‘tributary of Asawec river’

Akamòrakamòr

‘clan in Warsey village’

akamsawuenawakamsawuenaw

v. ‘splash into’

Akamserakamser

‘tributary of the Tewec River (downriver from Ayam)’

Akamyoakamjo

‘tributary of Asawec River’

àkanàkan

adv. ‘immediately, travel through without stopping’

àkànàkàn

n. ‘plant, sprout’

Akaniakani

‘village on upper Northwest river’

Akanuwarakanuwar

‘clan of Aw village’

akapakap

adj. ‘small, little’

akapomakapom

v. ‘sew’

akarimemakarimem

v. ‘reject’

àkatàkat

adj. ‘good, pretty, desireable’

àkàtàkàt

n. ‘fish species’

àkàtàkàt

n. ‘hawk species’

àkat puàkat pu

adv. ‘select (with verb ererem), sort out (with verb)’

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