OUTOFPAPUA database: Lexicons of the West Papuan language area

de Vries (2004a): Kaburi Benawa

Original citation: de Vries, Lourens. 2004. A short grammar of Inanwatan. An endangered language of the Bird's Head of Papua, Indonesia. Canberra: Pacific Linguistics.

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Headword IPA Glosses
ageniaɡɛni

‘sharp’

aka'iaˈkai

‘skin’

akoh'eaakoˈhɛa

‘belly’

amahaamaha

‘blood’

amana'oamaˈnao

‘rain’

amanoamano

‘tooth’

amiagoamiaɡo

‘eye’

aramainiaɾamaini

‘heavy’

aroiaɾoi

‘three’

aumiaumi

‘road’

aworoawoɾo

‘jungle’

baromabaɾoma

‘cloud’

boygerabojɡɛɾa

‘straight’

djeraudʒɛɾau

‘sea’

egeiɛɡɛi

‘sand’

ehainoɛhaino

‘moon’

erahiɛɾahi

‘sky’

etataɛtata

‘neck’

garamaɡaɾama

‘salt’

ha'abihaˈabi

‘water’

hahe'ahahɛˈa

‘hot’

hamahama

‘flesh’

hamimihamimi

‘banana’

hawa'iehaˈwaiɛ

‘thin’

hehetaizihɛhɛtaizi

‘slippery’

heririhɛɾiɾi

‘wet’

hinakahinaka

‘branch’

hoharahohaɾa

‘lake’

hororehoɾoɾɛ

‘to flow’

howerihowɛɾi

‘river’

huwa'aibihuwaˈaibi

‘dry’

iwaraiwaɾa

‘finger’

iziateiziatɛ

‘four’

ka'ewaˈkaɛwa

‘fire’

ka'ewa kaido'eˈkaɛwa kaidoˈɛ

‘to grill (food)’

kabuakabua

‘fruit’

keminikɛmini

‘tree/wood’

kerawakɛɾawa

‘ear’

keraza'aizokɛɾazaˈaizo

‘to cut’

kere'akɛɾɛˈa

‘earth, clay’

kibitekibitɛ

‘thick’

kokubekokubɛ

‘smoke’

kotoranukotoɾanu

‘dirty’

kozaikozai

‘sun’

ma'aramaˈaɾa

‘one’

mahe'amahɛˈa

‘wide’

maromomaɾomo

‘many’

mekepamɛkɛpa

‘hand’

miha'amihaˈa

‘rotten’

mitowimitowi

‘nose’

na'awanaˈawa

‘head’

naharanahaɾa

‘foot’

nanuninanuni

‘tongue’

nawira'izinawiˈɾaizi

‘heart’

nazininazini

‘hair (on body)’

nobohaynunobohajnu

‘nail’

omaniomani

‘elbow’

pupubaipupubai

‘swollen’

rineɾinɛ

‘night’

ronaɾona

‘leaf’

roworowoiɾowoɾowoi

‘wind’

tameti'itamɛtiˈi

‘stick’

ti'ahatiˈaha

‘thorn’

tigahageitiɡahaɡɛi

‘cold’

to'atoˈa

‘bone’

tokvetokβɛ

‘narrow’

totonatotona

‘stone’

turi'etuɾiˈɛ

‘blunt’

turuwituɾuwi

‘star’

u'uniuˈuni

‘seed’

ugeuɡɛ

‘two’

uta'ouˈtao

‘all’

uturoutuɾo

‘mountain’

uwuriuwuɾi

‘garden’

wahinuwahinu

‘hair (on head)’

wetatawɛtata

‘ashes’

wetaziowɛtazio

‘ill’

wira'iziwiˈɾaizi

‘liver’

zazomozazomo

‘little’

zehanuzɛhanu

‘mouth’

zekepa ma'azazɛkɛpa maˈaza

‘five’

zizozizo

‘(breast) milk’