Voorhoeve (nd c): Asmat Flamingo Bay
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| Headword | IPA | Glosses | |
|---|---|---|---|
| `l | `l | ‘sit, stay - everyone individually, by him/herself’ | |
| a | a | ‘(thick) branch of a tree, thigh, hind-leg of an animal’ | |
| a | a | ‘3rd p. sg/pl.: he, she, it, they, this, these, here’ | |
| a | a | ‘hey, oh, ah!’ | |
| a | a | ‘marks vocatives, or emphatic utterances’ | |
| a | a | ‘to, towards, in the direction of’ | |
| a akmap | a akmap | ‘sit with one's legs wide apart’ | |
| a a-sayis-mar | a a-sajis-mar | ‘(her) thighs spread outwards (as the roots of a tree)’ | |
| a cem aremomiw | a tʃem aremomiw | ‘bring one half (of sth) inside the house’ | |
| a ci norpa a-kumtowop-of | a tʃi norpa a-kumtowop-of | ‘I got the canoe across (snag in the river) all by myself!’ | |
| a cowak | a tʃowak | ‘and so on’ | |
| a kawkaw | a kawkaw | ‘opening and closing one’s thighs in rapid succession’ | |
| a kawkaw | a kawkaw | ‘opening and closing the thighs’ | |
| a mac kamimpum-or in | a matʃ kamimpum-or in | ‘he stopped wailing’ | |
| a makpic | a makpitʃ | ‘his adopted yo.br.’; ‘adik piara’ | |
| a nam pu simomis | a nam pu simomis | ‘iets liggend tegen je aan gedrukt houden’ | |
| a nat Fay nesen aptawpisomit-er in | a nat faj nesen aptawpisomit-er in | ‘they went only as far as the Fay’ | |
| a nowan | a nowan | ‘in our direction, on our side’ | |
| a nucur atakam tawawer a | a nutʃur atakam tawawer a | 1. ‘elders should speak!’ 2. ‘go on telling’ | |
| a okos wutnat inim caemapawer | a okos wutnat inim tʃaemapawer | ‘it was sitting with shining tusks’ | |
| a paypupu | a pajpupu | ‘with the thighs wide open’ | |
| a pu nim yaracicin-mar | a pu nim jaratʃitʃin-mar | ‘he came nearer until he was very close to them’ | |
| á sisiwams-i | a sisiwams-i | ‘lie down here!’ | |
| a tatam | a tatam | ‘form branches, grow branches, form flowers (sago palm)’ | |
| a yew kor ma-yiwpum ow opak in | a jew kor ma-jiwpum ow opak in | ‘there were no people to fill the large yew’ | |
| a yisempor-i | a jisempor-i | ‘please, come here outside!’ | |
| a Yomot tete a Ma tete | a jomot tete a ma tete | ‘between the Ma and Yomot’ | |
| ac | atʃ | ‘cut, chop, chisel, remove small flakes from sth.’ | |
| acam | atʃam | ‘not-yet-finished inside of a canoe under construction (when finished)’ | |
| acan | atʃan | ‘advice, admonition, request, order’ | |
| acan ow | atʃan ow | ‘give advice, admonish’ | |
| acan owom | atʃan owom | ‘request ( a person to do something)’ | |
| acan owpor | atʃan owpor | ‘try to give advice’ | |
| acen | atʃen | ‘sp. of wild banana (with seeds)’ | |
| acic-acic | atʃitʃ-atʃitʃ | ‘all kinds of’ | |
| acicin | atʃitʃin | ‘beforehand, ahead, in advance of’ | |
| acin | atʃin | ‘crust of roasted sago, barrier, obstruction, cover’ | |
| acin at | atʃin at | ‘stick to, attached to, full (sago washing trough)’ | |
| acin nitem | atʃin nitem | 1. ‘go down and settle at’ 2. ‘go ‘down’ and form a barrier (blocking the enemy’s way)’ | |
| acin okokortam | atʃin okokortam | ‘peel off the crust (of the roasted sago) for s.o.’ | |
| acin okortiw | atʃin okortiw | ‘roast until a crust has formed’ | |
| acin taku- | atʃin taku- | ‘go ashore blocking someone’s way’ | |
| acin takurum | atʃin takurum | ‘head off a person, block a person’s way by getting in front of him, cover sth’ | |
| acin tase | atʃin tase | ‘obstruct s o’s way on the river’ | |
| acin tiwat | atʃin tiwat | ‘reach/get nearly to’ | |
| acir | atʃir | ‘platform on the collar beams of the house, used for storing sago and household implements, broad base of the midrib of a sago frond’ | |
| acir fifimtaw | atʃir fifimtaw | ‘scrape off the thorns from sago midribs’ | |
| acir fimtewer | atʃir fimtewer | ‘cut off the midrib of a sago frond’ | |
| aciw | atʃiw | ‘drenched in water, rinsed’ | |
| ackurum | atʃkurum | ‘cut, chop completely, cut all’ | |
| aco | atʃo | ‘shoal of fish’ | |
| acom | atʃom | ‘stand chiseling’ | |
| acom | atʃom | ‘Y’ | |
| acor | atʃor | ||
| acu | atʃu | ‘nettle sp.’ | |
| acuw | atʃuw | ‘(?) prohibition, refusal’ | |
| acuw at | atʃuw at | ‘forbid’ | |
| acuw atem | atʃuw atem | ‘want to kill somebody in anger’ | |
| af | af | ‘(a person’s) lap’ | |
| af | af | ‘beat, hit, strike, kill’ | |
| af | af | ‘boing! hit!’ | |
| a-famircuk-er in | a-famirtʃuk-er in | ‘immediately he set out again’ | |
| afan | afan | ‘kill to eat, kill edible objects’ | |
| afayis | afajis | ‘grandparents’ | |
| afcin | aftʃin | ‘cooked crust of a ball of roasted sago’ | |
| afciramis | aftʃiramis | ‘lying down, coiled up (e.g. a snake)’ | |
| afcir(i) | aftʃir(i) | ‘coiled up, coil oneself (e.g. said of a snake)’ | |
| afcirim | aftʃirim | ‘roll up, coil up’ | |
| afciriyukap | aftʃirijukap | ‘lie coiled up in a heap (long hair)’ | |
| afciryuyukutemet | aftʃirjujukutemet | ‘twist one’s way upwards (into a tree) [said of a snake]’ | |
| afe | afe | 1. ‘dust, cloud of dust, dirt (on floor)’ 2. ‘in great numbers, swarming with’ | |
| afe | afe | ‘fan, made of leaves or the leaf-sheath of a sago palm’ | |
| afek | afek | ‘groin’ | |
| afem | afem | ‘fan (a fire)’ | |
| afem | afem | ‘spoil’ | |
| afeyiw | afejiw | ‘enter (a house) in great numbers, like a cloud of dust’ | |
| afin | afin | ‘maggot’ | |
| afinem | afinem | ‘blow out downwards’ | |
| afkam | afkam | ‘shoot down (a bird)’ | |
| afnim | afnim | ‘miss, fail to hit’ | |
| afo | afo | ‘broad, wide’ | |
| afomapom | afomapom | ‘widen sth. (a 'sitting' object)’ | |
| afomotak | afomotak | ‘widen sth. while going downriver’ | |
| afsem | afsem | ‘kill s.o. on the river/in the water’ | |
| afsomit | afsomit | ‘get up/depart while yelling’ | |
| afun | afun | ‘froth, air bubbles (e.g. blown out by someone under water; bubbles which come out of the holes in the trunk of a sago palm full of sago grubs which are almost fully grown)’ | |
| afuy | afuj | ‘fish sp., proper name of male’ | |
| afuy | afuj | ‘keeping close to sth, s.o.’ | |
| ak | ak | ‘(always followed by in and a verb form often containing ak) immediately after doing X, proceed with Y’ | |
| ak | ak | ‘action usually implies a motion along a curved surface, or a curving motion: to chop or strip off along a curved surface, shave, scoop up’ | |
| ak | ak | ‘curved surface, cheek, gills (of a fish), side of a canoe, beside’ | |
| ak | ak | ‘grandfather, husband's father’ | |
| ak in aken | ak in aken | ‘straightaway to go upstream’ | |
| ak in akom | ak in akom | ‘immediately after doing X start working on sth.’ | |
| ak in akomis | ak in akomis | ‘immediately after doing X to go to the forest to meet somebody’ | |
| ak in akompuw | ak in akompuw | ‘immediately after doing X to go to the river carrying sth.’ | |
| ak in aktemet | ak in aktemet | ‘at once climb / go upwards’ | |
| ak in aktep | ak in aktep | ‘go up the river immediately after (having done sth else)’ | |
| ak in emak | ak in emak | ‘straight away go on with (after finishing doing sth.)’ | |
| ak in m-oseak pak | ak in m-oseak pak | ‘he didn't turn back’ |