OUTOFPAPUA database: Lexicons of the West Papuan language area

‘said he, rowing downstream’ (eng)

‘while she was saying, he struck her down (with a dagger)’ (eng)

‘till the sun had gone down’ (eng)

‘sit, stay - everyone individually, by him/herself’ (eng)

‘(thick) branch of a tree, thigh, hind-leg of an animal’ (eng)

‘3rd p. sg/pl.: he, she, it, they, this, these, here’ (eng)

‘hey, oh, ah!’ (eng)

‘marks vocatives, or emphatic utterances’ (eng)

‘to, towards, in the direction of’ (eng)

‘sit with one's legs wide apart’ (eng)

‘(her) thighs spread outwards (as the roots of a tree)’ (eng)

‘bring one half (of sth) inside the house’ (eng)

‘I got the canoe across (snag in the river) all by myself!’ (eng)

‘and so on’ (eng)

‘opening and closing one’s thighs in rapid succession’ (eng)

‘opening and closing the thighs’ (eng)

‘he stopped wailing’ (eng)

‘his adopted yo.br.’ (eng); ‘adik piara’ (ind)

‘iets liggend tegen je aan gedrukt houden’ (nld)

‘they went only as far as the Fay’ (eng)

‘in our direction, on our side’ (eng)

1. ‘elders should speak!’ (eng)

2. ‘go on telling’ (eng)

‘it was sitting with shining tusks’ (eng)

‘with the thighs wide open’ (eng)

‘he came nearer until he was very close to them’ (eng)

‘lie down here!’ (eng)

‘form branches, grow branches, form flowers (sago palm)’ (eng)

‘there were no people to fill the large yew’ (eng)

‘please, come here outside!’ (eng)

‘between the Ma and Yomot’ (eng)

‘cut, chop, chisel, remove small flakes from sth.’ (eng)

‘not-yet-finished inside of a canoe under construction (when finished)’ (eng)

‘advice, admonition, request, order’ (eng)

‘id.’ (eng)

‘give advice, admonish’ (eng)

‘request ( a person to do something)’ (eng)

‘try to give advice’ (eng)

‘sp. of wild banana (with seeds)’ (eng)

‘all kinds of’ (eng)

‘beforehand, ahead, in advance of’ (eng)

‘crust of roasted sago, barrier, obstruction, cover’ (eng)

‘Y’ (eng)

‘stick to, attached to, full (sago washing trough)’ (eng)

1. ‘go down and settle at’ (eng)

2. ‘go ‘down’ and form a barrier (blocking the enemy’s way)’ (eng)

‘peel off the crust (of the roasted sago) for s.o.’ (eng)

‘roast until a crust has formed’ (eng)

‘go ashore blocking someone’s way’ (eng)

‘head off a person, block a person’s way by getting in front of him, cover sth’ (eng)

‘obstruct s o’s way on the river’ (eng)

‘reach/get nearly to’ (eng)

‘platform on the collar beams of the house, used for storing sago and household implements, broad base of the midrib of a sago frond’ (eng)

‘scrape off the thorns from sago midribs’ (eng)

‘cut off the midrib of a sago frond’ (eng)

‘drenched in water, rinsed’ (eng)

‘cut, chop completely, cut all’ (eng)

‘shoal of fish’ (eng)

‘stand chiseling’ (eng)

‘Y’ (eng)

‘nettle sp.’ (eng)

‘(?) prohibition, refusal’ (eng)

‘forbid’ (eng)

‘want to kill somebody in anger’ (eng)

‘(a person’s) lap’ (eng)

‘beat, hit, strike, kill’ (eng)

‘boing! hit!’ (eng)

‘immediately he set out again’ (eng)

‘kill to eat, kill edible objects’ (eng)

‘grandparents’ (eng)

‘cooked crust of a ball of roasted sago’ (eng)

‘lying down, coiled up (e.g. a snake)’ (eng)

‘coiled up, coil oneself (e.g. said of a snake)’ (eng)

‘roll up, coil up’ (eng)

‘lie coiled up in a heap (long hair)’ (eng)

‘twist one’s way upwards (into a tree) [said of a snake]’ (eng)

1. ‘dust, cloud of dust, dirt (on floor)’ (eng)

2. ‘in great numbers, swarming with’ (eng)

‘fan, made of leaves or the leaf-sheath of a sago palm’ (eng)

‘groin’ (eng)

‘fan (a fire)’ (eng)

‘enter (a house) in great numbers, like a cloud of dust’ (eng)

‘maggot’ (eng)

‘blow out downwards’ (eng)

‘shoot down (a bird)’ (eng)

‘miss, fail to hit’ (eng)

‘broad, wide’ (eng)

‘widen sth. (a 'sitting' object)’ (eng)

‘widen sth. while going downriver’ (eng)

‘kill s.o. on the river/in the water’ (eng)

‘get up/depart while yelling’ (eng)

‘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)’ (eng)

‘fish sp., proper name of male’ (eng)

‘keeping close to sth, s.o.’ (eng)

‘(always followed by in and a verb form often containing ak) immediately after doing X, proceed with Y’ (eng)

‘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’ (eng)

‘curved surface, cheek, gills (of a fish), side of a canoe, beside’ (eng)

‘grandfather, husband's father’ (eng)

‘straightaway to go upstream’ (eng)

‘immediately after doing X start working on sth.’ (eng)

‘immediately after doing X to go to the forest to meet somebody’ (eng)

‘immediately after doing X to go to the river carrying sth.’ (eng)