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Smits & Voorhoeve (1998 Yawa g): Yawa Mantembu

Original citation: Smits, Leo & C. L. Voorhoeve. 1998. The JC Anceaux collection of wordlists of Irian Jaya languages, B: Non-Austronesian (Papuan) languages (Part II). Irian Jaya Source Material 10.

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Headword IPA Glosses
usanandèusanandɛ

‘door’

ueriuɛɾi

‘you both, 2DU pronoun’

ueneuɛnɛ

‘dead’

uaintaiuaintai

‘intestines’

toto

‘already’

tautau

‘sago flower’

sivasiβa

‘(flash of) lighting’

sewsɛw

‘rainbow’

sansinaisansinai

‘thorn, spine’

sabui yanintabosabui janintabo

‘eleven’

reiɾɛi

‘I, 1SG pronoun’

popapopa

‘breast’

patimupatimu

‘island’

nyouɲou

‘flower’

nyokeaɲokɛa

‘bark of tree’

nyoɲo

‘wood’

ntabontabo

‘one’

naonao

‘sky’

nandinanandina

‘first’

masa undamasa unda

‘tree wallaby’

mansarmansaɾ

‘cassowary’

mandeimandɛi

‘three’

manasimbemanasimbɛ

‘first’

manamana

‘river’

maioaimaioai

‘kangaroo’

mainyumaiɲu

‘roof’

kau mandeikau mandɛi

‘eight’

karekaɾɛ

‘banana’

kakukaku

‘penis’

kaditikaditi

‘thunder’

iavaiaβa

‘village’

iavaiaβa

‘house’

ianian

‘fence, hedge’

îaba-òndaiaba-onda

‘door’

ewɛw

‘rainbow’

‘come’

-dè-dɛ

‘come’

basaibasai

‘all’

anggaiaŋɡai

‘coconut’

aneanɛ

‘hand’

-ane-anɛ

‘hand’

anaana

‘sago’

ampeampɛ

‘midrib of palm frond’