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van Velzen (1995): Papuan Malay Serui

Original citation: van Velzen, Paul. 1995. Some notes on the variety of Malay used in Serui and vicinity. In Baak, Connie and Bakker, Mary and van der Meij, Dick (eds.), Tales from a concave world: Liber amicorum Bert Voorhoeve, 311-343. Leiden: Department of Languages and Cultures of Southeast Asia and Oceania, Leiden University.

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Headword	IPA	Glosses
akan	akan	‘3s. inanimate object’; ‘akan’
baku	baku	‘each other’; ‘baku’
balabo	balabo	‘achor, park, hang around’; ‘berlabuh’
bapa tua	bapa tua	‘parent’s older (classifying) brother’
bayar	bajar	‘pay, repay, reply, respond, take revenge’; ‘bayar’
bete	bete	‘type of tuber’; ‘sejenis ubi’
bia	bia	‘shell’; ‘kerang’
bia	bia	‘vagina’; ‘kemaluan perempuan’
bia garo	bia ɡaro	‘type of giant clam’
bia lima jari	bia lima dʒari	‘type of mullet’
bilolo	bilolo	‘hermit crab’
bobo	bobo	‘type of tree’; ‘nipah’
bola kaki	bola kaki	‘soccer’
boswesen	boswesen	‘department of forestry’
branibon	branibon	‘brown bean’; ‘kacang merah’
brot	brot	‘doughnut ball’
bua nona	bua nona	‘type of fruit’
bui	bui	‘jail, penitentiary’
bunga kol	buŋa kol	‘cauliflower, flower cabbage’; ‘kol kembang’
bunu	bunu	‘kill, switch off’; ‘bunuh’
burung kumu-kumu	buruŋ kumu-kumu	‘type of dove’
burung kuning	buruŋ kuniŋ	‘type of bird of paradise’; ‘burung cendrawasih’
burung taun(-taun)	buruŋ taun(-taun)	‘hornbill’; ‘burung enggang’
burung yakop	buruŋ jakop	‘white cockatoo’; ‘kakaktua’
caparuni	tʃaparuni	‘messy’
caparuni	tʃaparuni	‘messy’; ‘berantakan’
cina serui	tʃina serui	‘Serui chinese’
dayung	dajuŋ	‘oar (noun)’; ‘dayung’
duri babi	duri babi	‘sea urchin’; ‘bulu babi’
firkan	firkan	‘square’
gaba-gaba	ɡaba-ɡaba	‘wall constructed of ribs of large leafs’; ‘gaba-gaba’
gedi	ɡedi	‘type of vegetable’
genemo	ɡenemo	‘type of vegetable’; ‘belinjau’
gode	ɡode	‘fat, big’
goropa	ɡoropa	‘grouper’
gose	ɡose	‘penis’; ‘kontol’
gosi	ɡosi	‘penis’; ‘kontol’
guci	ɡutʃi	‘type of dance, with movements similar to those of the Charleston, performed by little boys’
ibu	ibu	‘wife, Mrs’; ‘ibu’
ikan ekor kuning	ikan ekor kuniŋ	‘type of tuna fish’
ikan mera	ikan mera	‘type of fish’
ikan motor	ikan motor	‘lungfish, mudfish, mudskipper’
ikan mulu tikus	ikan mulu tikus	‘type of tuna fish’
jubi	dʒubi	‘arrow’; ‘anak panah’
kadera	kadera	‘chair’
kalot	kalot	‘groin’
kapala kali	kapala kali	‘upper course of river’; ‘hulu sungai’
kasbi	kasbi	‘cassave, manioc’; ‘singkong’
kaskado	kaskado	‘scabies’; ‘kudis’
katupa klot kambing	katupa klot kambiŋ	‘sample of ketupat interweaving’
kayu hitam	kaju hitam	‘type of (ebony-like) timber’
klinik	klinik	‘hospital’
klot	klot	‘groin’
klotdeker	klotdeker	‘groin protector’
kole-kole	kole-kole	‘canoe without outriggers’; ‘perahu tanpa gandung’
kolot	kolot	‘groin’
koming	komiŋ	‘reference term for all indigenous Irianese’
kos	kos	‘t-shirt’; ‘kos’
kumis	kumis	‘moustache, beard, chest hair, sideboards, side-whiskers’; ‘kumis’
kumkum	kumkum	‘type of dove’
kura-kura laut	kura-kura laut	‘turtle’; ‘penyu’
kusu	kusu	‘cuscus’; ‘kuskus’
laki	laki	‘man, husband, male (animate)’; ‘laki-laki’
lau-lau	lau-lau	‘tree kangaroo’; ‘kangguru pohon’
lolaro	lolaro	‘general term for mangrove tree’; ‘pohon bakau’
loyor	lojor	‘sanitary towel, napkin, diaper’
makasar	makasar	‘reference term for all Indonesian Islamic peoples from outside Irian Jaya’
mama ade	mama ade	‘parent's younger (classifying) sister’
matoa	matoa	‘type of fruit’
mayari	majari	‘come on to someone, seduce, debauch’
meti	meti	‘dried up (from river), empty, lifeless, absent’
molo	molo	‘skin-diving’
motor	motor	‘motor, motor canoe, motorcycle, lungfish’; ‘motor’
noge	noɡe	‘negative qualification for mountain Papuans from Paniai and vicinity’
nokeng	nokeŋ	‘typical Irianese stringbag’
olaro	olaro	‘general term for mangrove tree’; ‘pohon bakau’
om	om	‘parent’s younger sister’s husband’
pace	patʃe	‘guy, fellow, bloke, chap, mister’
pamalas	pamalas	‘lazy, unwilling, not feel like (verb), lazy-bones (noun)’; ‘pemalas’
pancuri	pantʃuri	‘steal (verb)’; ‘pencuri’
panggayu	paŋɡaju	‘paddle, row (verb)’; ‘penggayu’
panta lubang	panta lubaŋ	‘anus’; ‘dubur’
papeda	papeda	‘sago porridge’; ‘bubur sagu’
papeda laut	papeda laut	‘jelly-fish’; ‘ubur-ubur’
par'au	parʔau	‘outrigger canoe’; ‘perahu’
parau tenggelam	parau teŋɡelam	‘overloaded canoe’; ‘perahu tenggelam’
parigi	pariɡi	‘well’; ‘sumur’
patatas	patatas	‘sweet potato’; ‘ubi jalar’
pepe	pepe	‘vagina’; ‘memek’
pinjam	pindʒam	‘borrow, take away, steal, beg, ask for’; ‘pinjam’
pisang masa bodo	pisaŋ masa bodo	‘type of banana’
pisang suanggi	pisaŋ suaŋɡi	‘type of banana’
piserei	piserei	‘department of fishery’
pohon kasuari	pohon kasuari	‘casuarina tree’; ‘pohon cemara’
porompi	porompi	‘chewing tobacco’
rica	ritʃa	‘chilli pepper’; ‘lombok’
sabaku	sabaku	‘tobacco’; ‘tembakau’
sayur gedi	sajur ɡedi	‘type of vegetable’
sema	sema	‘black magician’
sikuci	sikutʃi	‘small vessel’
soa-soa	soa-soa	‘iguana’; ‘biawak’
sowo	sowo	‘relation between two people whose spouses are siblings of the same sex’
spir	spir	‘muscle’
spok	spok	‘give someone a hard time’
strat	strat	‘passage, area between two rivers’
swak	swak	‘weak, feeble, faint’
tai yakis	tai jakis	‘exclamation of resistence’
taksi lao	taksi lao	‘passenger canoe’
tanta	tanta	‘parent’s younger brother’s wife’
testa	testa	‘forehead’
tete	tete	‘grandfather’; ‘kakek’
tifa	tifa	‘kind of drum’
tipu	tipu	‘lie, deceive’; ‘tipu’
toki	toki	‘beat’; ‘pukul’
tumang	tumaŋ	‘construction consisting of bamboo strips bound together to conserve raw sago’; ‘tumang’
ular kaki ampa	ular kaki ampa	‘type of poisonous lizzard’
usi	usi	‘older (classyfying) sister’
yosim (pancar)	josim (pantʃar)	‘modern variety of local dance, performed by secondary school-youth’

OUTOFPAPUA database: Lexicons of the West Papuan language area

van Velzen (1995): Papuan Malay Serui

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