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Smits & Voorhoeve (1998 Tehit g.1): Tehit Eles

Original citation: Smits, Leo and C.L. Voorhoeve. 1998. The J.C. Anceaux collection of wordlists of Irian Jaya languages B: Non-Austronesian (Papuan) languages (Part II). (Irian Jaya Source Material No.10, Series B.4). Leiden-Jakarta: DSALCUL/IRIS

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Headword IPA Glosses
wokitwokit

‘tree’

wflewɸlɛ

‘great, big’

wewekwɛwɛk

‘small’

vramβɾam

‘leaf’

tosotoso

‘hear’

toliktolik

‘three’

tokontokon

‘rain’

tokomittokomit

‘cold’

tevittɛβit

‘ear’

tetsyamtɛtʃam

‘knee’

tesivotɛsiβo

‘eye’

tekamattɛkamat

‘belly’

tekamtɛkam

‘buttocks’

tawatawa

‘weep’

tatnitatni

‘eat’

tamtam

‘nose’

tamtam

‘hand’

takotako

‘drink’

syamʃam

‘give’

svasβa

‘mountain’

samgensamɡɛn

‘hair’

samsam

‘head’

palapala

‘skin’

nakanaka

‘come’

msolomsolo

‘dry’

merimɛɾi

‘yellow’

meresmɛɾɛs

‘one’

mekavukmɛkaβuk

‘round’

mehenmɛhɛn

‘red’

medehenmɛdɛhɛn

‘burn (intr.)’

mecesmɛtʃɛs

‘egg’

mebinmɛbin

‘smoke’

mbraᵐbɾa

‘green’

maifimaiɸi

‘new’

kumboskuᵐbos

‘vein’

klikklik

‘snake’

kimbiakkiᵐbiak

‘ashes’

hemhɛm

‘blood’

betbɛt

‘earth, ground’