Source entries: Dalrymple & Mofu (2009/10)

Dalrymple & Mofu (2009/10): Biak

Original citation: Dalrymple, Mary and Suriel Mofu. 2009-2010. Biak Toolbox dictionary database. URL: http://biak.clp.ox.ac.uk/

Notes on this source: This lexicon has been edited to reduce the large number of unadapted borrowings from Malay/Indonesian that were included. To see these, consult the original files.

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Headword	IPA	Glosses
ababen	ababen	adv. ‘careful’
abris	abris	n. ‘grass’
abyab	abjab	n. ‘cave’
ado	ado	v. ‘descend’
adwar	adwar	n. ‘poisonous plant’
afyak	afjak	n. ‘pillow’
ai	ai	n. ‘wood’
aibe	aibe	n. ‘coffin’
aimun	aimun	n. ‘fire wood’
ain	ain	v. ‘feel disgusted’
ainkyon	ainkjon	n. ‘stick’
aipokm	aipokm	n. ‘dead person’
airares	airares	n. ‘wood roots’
aiwan	aiwan	n. ‘animal’
ak	ak	adv. ‘also’
amber	amber	adj. ‘foreign’
amk	amk	v. ‘hold’
amn	amn	n. ‘bamboo’
amom	amom	v. ‘clear a garden’
amper	amper	n. ‘palm branch’
amsam	amsam	n. ‘thorns sea’
an	an	v. ‘eat’
anan	anan	v. ‘eat continuously’
ananun	ananun	n. ‘message’
andir	andir	prep. ‘beside’
andoi	andoi	n. ‘seaweed’
anenf	anenf	adj. ‘asleep’
anggar	aŋɡar	v. ‘lie’
angginem	aŋɡinem	n. ‘message’
angkanken	aŋkanken	n. ‘moss’
ansan	ansan	n. ‘palm trunk floor’
anum	anum	n. ‘wood’
ap	ap	v. ‘say’
apen	apen	n. ‘roast’
apus	apus	n. ‘grand parent, grand child’
apyam	apjam	n. ‘burning wood’
ar	ar	v. ‘scream’
ara	ara	Exclamation. ‘pity’
arek	arek	v. ‘bite’
ari	ari	Exlamation. ‘please’
ari	ari	n. ‘sunday’
armaker	armaker	1. n. ‘scabies’ 2. v. ‘have scabies’
aroba	aroba	Exlamation. ‘No’
aron	aron	v. ‘swim’
aror	aror	n. ‘request’
arwo	arwo	adv. ‘morning’
aryawin	arjawin	n. ‘medicine’
aryes	arjes	n. ‘fish net’
aski	aski	n. ‘grace’
asuser	asuser	n. ‘follow repeatedly’
au	au	pron. ‘2SG’
awak	awak	n. ‘orphan’
awas	awas	v. ‘pass’
awer	awer	adj. ‘deaf’
awer	awer	NEG. ‘not’
awin	awin	n. ‘mother’
awos	awos	v. ‘speak’
ay-	aj-	pron. ‘1SG’
aya	aja	pron. ‘1SG’
ayan	ajan	v. ‘1SG POSS GIV’
ayar	ajar	n. ‘fence’
ayis	ajis	n. ‘grater’
ayun	ajun	v. ‘sail’
ba	ba	conj. ‘because’
ba	ba	v. ‘big’
ba	ba	adv. ‘not’
bab	bab	n. ‘below’
babar	babar	adj. ‘scaby’
babara	babara	n. ‘scabies’
babe	babe	n. ‘matters having to do with’
baberi	baberi	adv. ‘not at all’
babir	babir	v. ‘recognize’
babo	babo	adj. ‘new’
babur	babur	n. ‘chase’
badir	badir	v. ‘reveal’
bai	bai	NEG. ‘not’
baim	baim	adv. ‘not yet’
bair	bair	v. ‘watch’
bak	bak	v. ‘open’
bakdi	bakdi	n. ‘pumpkin’
baken	baken	n. ‘body’
bakn	bakn	n. ‘back part of the body’
balok	balok	n. ‘log’
bam	bam	n. ‘incline’
ban	ban	n. ‘part’
ban	ban	v. ‘wake some one up’
banyo	baɲo	n. ‘in law’
bar	bar	v. ‘hold’
bar	bar	n. ‘part’
barakas	barakas	n. ‘blessing’
barapen	barapen	v. ‘roast’
baras	baras	n. ‘shout’
barbor	barbor	v. ‘do bad things’
barbur	barbur	n. ‘departure’
bardai	bardai	v. ‘boast’
bark	bark	v. ‘stay, lie’
baroser	baroser	n. ‘desire’
barsa	barsa	DET. ‘last’
barya	barja	adv. ‘thus’
bas	bas	v. ‘open’
baus	baus	v. ‘build’
be	be	prep. ‘as’
be	be	1. v. ‘become’ 2. v. ‘be, do’ 3. v. ‘POSS’ 4. v. ‘2SG POSS’ 5. verbalizer. ‘verb marker’
be	be	v. ‘give’
be	be	prep. ‘to’
be	be	v. ‘want’
bebaraprapen	bebaraprapen	v. ‘Rel roast-REDUP’
bebe	bebe	PASSIVE. ‘passive marker’
bedar	bedar	v. ‘cause’
bedar	bedar	n. ‘sibblings’
bei	bei	adj. ‘empty’
ben	ben	n. ‘pig’
bepupes	bepupes	v. ‘last’
beri	beri	adv. ‘immediately’
beryo	berjo	Quest. ‘where’
bese	bese	adv. ‘else’
beso	beso	DEF. ‘several’
besya	beʃa	conj. ‘if’
besya	beʃa	adv. ‘such as that’
bidwom	bidwom	n. ‘top of a tree’
bin	bin	n. ‘woman’
binkwan	binkwan	v. ‘far’
binsar	binsar	n. ‘old woman’
bis	bis	adj. ‘eternal’
biser	biser	v. ‘hungry’
bo	bo	n. ‘top, hill, part’
bob	bob	v. ‘sell’
bok	bok	v. ‘bless’
boken	boken	n. ‘bit’
bokn	bokn	adv. ‘too much’
bom	bom	n. ‘spear’
bon	bon	n. ‘fruit, mountain’
bons	bons	n. ‘back part’
bor	bor	v. ‘confuse’
bor	bor	adv. ‘many’
borek	borek	n. ‘thorn’
bors	bors	v. ‘row a canoe’
bos	bos	n. ‘band’
bos	bos	adv. ‘deeply’
bosen	bosen	n. ‘beach’
bra	bra	n. ‘hand’
bramin	bramin	n. ‘hand’
brampin	brampin	n. ‘finger’
bre	bre	v. ‘shout’
brin	brin	n. ‘calm’
bro	bro	v. ‘empty’
bru	bru	n. ‘head’
buk	buk	v. ‘give’
buk	buk	v. ‘marry’
bukor	bukor	n. ‘head’
bun	bun	n. ‘middle’
bur	bur	n. ‘fur’
bur	bur	v. ‘leave’
byawn	bjawn	v. ‘take’
bye	bje	v. ‘good’
byor	bjor	adj. ‘bald’
cocok	cocok	v. ‘fit’
d-	d-	pron. ‘3SG’
da	da	adv. ‘perhaps’
dabn	dabn	v. ‘give birth to’
dameser	dameser	v. ‘shine’
dar	dar	v. ‘3SG scream’
dar	dar	v. ‘perspire’
dares	dares	n. ‘sun heat’
dawdiwr	dawdiwr	v. ‘break into pieces’
dawer	dawer	v. ‘left alone’
dawr	dawr	v. ‘remain’
derer	derer	adv. ‘only’
di	di	adv. ‘num link’
di	di	1. det. ‘the, place’ 2. FOC. ‘focus marker’
disn	disn	v. ‘sing’
diso	diso	conj. ‘if’
do	do	prep. ‘at’
do	do	n. ‘inside’
dokor	dokor	n. ‘back part of the body’
dorek	dorek	n. ‘day break’
doser	doser	n. ‘tractor’
dow	dow	n. ‘song’
doya	doja	n. ‘song’
duber	duber	n. ‘spring’
dunia	dunia	n. ‘earth’
dur	dur	n. ‘boiled water’
dwarek	dwarek	v. ‘protect’
dworem	dworem	v. ‘held tightly’
efarander	efarander	v. ‘forget’
efasis	efasis	v. ‘quiet’
ek	ek	v. ‘climb, board, ride’
emer	emer	v. ‘alone’
enf	enf	v. ‘sleep’
eno	eno	pron. ‘some’
epen	epen	adv. ‘hold something by’
erer	erer	v. ‘alone’
Erisam	erisam	n. ‘song’
erkak	erkak	v. ‘pull’
eso	eso	num. ‘one’
ew	ew	n. ‘step’
eyuser	ejuser	n. ‘song’
f-	f-	v. ‘cause’
f-	f-	Motion.marker. ‘moving away’
fa	fa	DIR. ‘moving there’
fa	fa	prep. ‘to’
fa	fa	DIR. ‘towards there’
fadores	fadores	v. ‘pregnant’
faduman	faduman	n. ‘pearl’
faduru	faduru	v. ‘take care of’
fadwer	fadwer	v. ‘change, replace’
fafaya	fafaja	n. ‘awful lot’
fafayaba	fafajaba	adv. ‘unexpectedly’
fafayaf	fafajaf	v. ‘get fed up’
fafirk	fafirk	v. ‘disturb’
fafisu	fafisu	n. ‘time’
fafko	fafko	v. ‘complain’
fafor	fafor	v. ‘curse’
fair	fair	v. ‘observe’
fais	fais	adv. ‘quietly’
Fak	fak	n. ‘Arfak man’
fak	fak	v. ‘use something as a pillow’
fakak	fakak	v. ‘frighten’
fakok	fakok	n. ‘connecting stick to outrigger float’
faku	faku	v. ‘move carefuly, 2SG move carefuly’
fama	fama	conj. ‘but’
fama	fama	v. ‘give sth a try’
famfon	famfon	v. ‘support’
fan	fan	v. ‘feed’
fanam	fanam	adj. ‘near’
fananjur	fananjur	adv. ‘collective’
fandu	fandu	n. ‘middle’
fandun	fandun	v. ‘need’
fanjur	fanjur	v. ‘gather’
fara	fara	v. ‘steer’
fararur	fararur	n. ‘work’
fararwer	fararwer	v. ‘keep changing in cycle’
farbub	farbub	v. ‘teach’
farbuk	farbuk	n. ‘marriage’
farem	farem	v. ‘send’
farepen	farepen	v. ‘hold’
farfir	farfir	adv. ‘carefully’
farfyar	farfjar	n. ‘story’
farkin	farkin	v. ‘guide’
farkor	farkor	1. v. ‘study’ 2. v. ‘teach’
farma	farma	adv. ‘around’
farmgu	farmɡu	v. ‘row’
faro	faro	prep. ‘for’
faryan	farjan	v. ‘collect’
faryas	farjas	v. ‘tell’
fas	fas	v. ‘write’
fasasos	fasasos	v. ‘prepare’
fasau	fasau	adj. ‘quick’
fasausau	fasausau	adv. ‘doing sth quickly continously’
fasnai	fasnai	v. ‘show’
fasos	fasos	v. ‘prepare’
fawar	fawar	v. ‘tell a story’
fawawi	fawawi	n. ‘knowledge’
fawi	fawi	v. ‘know’
fe	fe	DIR. ‘landward’
fes	fes	DIR. ‘downward’
fik	fik	numeral. ‘seven’
fioro	fioro	n. ‘long time’
fmar	fmar	n. ‘genital’
fnai	fnai	v. ‘cause’
fnak	fnak	v. ‘play’
fnder	fnder	v. ‘forget’
fno	fno	n. ‘nephew’
fnobk	fnobk	v. ‘accompany’
fo	fo	v. ‘full of’
for	for	v. ‘catch’
for	for	n. ‘fire’
frar	frar	v. ‘run’
fras	fras	v. ‘swear’
from	from	v. ‘clean’
frous	frous	v. ‘tempt’
frows	frows	v. ‘trick’
frur	frur	v. ‘do’
fuar	fuar	n. ‘trunk’
fukn	fukn	v. ‘ask’
fumo	fumo	DEF. ‘several’
fur	fur	v. ‘make, build’
fyafer	fjafer	v. ‘arrive’
fyak	fjak	v. ‘3SG use sth as a pillow’
fyak	fjak	num. ‘four’
fyor	fjor	n. ‘time’
fyoro	fjoro	adj. ‘long’
ger	ɡer	n. ‘little piece’
iber	iber	v. ‘return’
ido	ido	Quest. ‘how’
ifen	ifen	n. ‘tuber’
ikak	ikak	n. ‘snake’
ikoi	ikoi	n. ‘arrow’
imbape	imbape	conj. ‘but’
imbare	imbare	adv. ‘so’
imbe	imbe	adv. ‘about to’
imbekpu	imbekpu	n. ‘grandmother and grandchild’
imbesna	imbesna	n. ‘mother and child’
imbesrar	imbesrar	n. ‘siblings of opposite sex’
imbo	imbo	adv. ‘then’
imbo	imbo	Exclamation. ‘yes’
imboi	imboi	Conj. ‘but’
imbude	imbude	conj. ‘if not’
imfa	imfa	adv. ‘so that’
in	in	n. ‘fish’
ina	ina	n. ‘girl, daughter’
inawen	inawen	n. ‘basket’
inde	inde	adv. ‘so’
indiri	indiri	adv. ‘therefore’
indo	indo	imper. ‘okay’
indo	indo	adv. ‘then’
-ine	-ine	dem. ‘this’
inem	inem	v. ‘drink’
infama	infama	conj. ‘however’
inggo	iŋɡo	pron. ‘1PL EXCL’
inja	inja	Conj. ‘so’
ink-	ink-	pron. ‘1PL EXCL’
inko	inko	pron. ‘1PL EXCL’
inmamen	inmamen	n. ‘snapper’
ino	ino	n. ‘knife’
inoken	inoken	n. ‘basket’
insama	insama	conj. ‘so that’
insande	insande	adv. ‘moment ago’
insape	insape	adv. ‘then, after that’
insar	insar	n. ‘old woman’
insos	insos	n. ‘young girl’
irewa	irewa	DIR. ‘that over there landward’
irya	irja	v. ‘be’
is	is	v. ‘grate’
isof	isof	conj. ‘until’
isye	iʃe	1. adv. ‘along’ 2. v. ‘3SG move along’
iwa	iwa	DEM. ‘that over there’
iya	ija	DET. ‘one’
iya	ija	DEM. ‘that’
iya	ija	Exclamation. ‘Yes’
ja	ja	conj. ‘so’
jabek	jabek	v. ‘tie’
japan	japan	n. ‘taro’
je	je	conj. ‘so’
jenderal	jenderal	n. ‘general’
jou	jou	v. ‘praise’
juk	juk	n. ‘ukulele’
k	k	pron. ‘1PL INCL’
k	k	v. ‘give’
kabas	kabas	v. ‘release, open’
kabasya	kabaʃa	n. ‘name of canoe’
kaben	kaben	v. ‘burn’
kabom	kabom	n. ‘widow’
kabor	kabor	conj. ‘if’
kabor	kabor	v. ‘paddle’
kabores	kabores	n. ‘paddle’
kabr	kabr	v. ‘return’
kabui	kabui	n. ‘iron wood’
kada	kada	conj. ‘if’
kaderen	kaderen	n. ‘bench’
kadwor	kadwor	n. ‘leaf’
kaem	kaem	n. ‘all’
kafkofn	kafkofn	v. ‘mention.repeatedly.’
kain	kain	v. ‘sit’
kakar	kakar	n. ‘wodden stairs’
kakara	kakara	v. ‘have opinion’
kakas	kakas	v. ‘circle’
kaker	kaker	adv. ‘still’
kaku	kaku	1. adv. ‘very’ 2. adj. ‘real’
kamur	kamur	n. ‘young’
kanarem	kanarem	n. ‘water jug’
kandang	kandaŋ	n. ‘stable’
kandera	kandera	n. ‘sacrifices’
kandor	kandor	v. ‘suprised’
kanggram	kaŋɡram	n. ‘lot of’
kankain	kankain	n. ‘have a meeting’
kankenem	kankenem	n. ‘life’
kankunes	kankunes	adv. ‘well’
kanou	kanou	v. ‘move something up’
kans	kans	v. ‘cry’
kapar	kapar	v. ‘give birth’
kapas	kapas	v. ‘drop’
kapirare	kapirare	n. ‘child’
kapyaf	kapjaf	n. ‘midribs’
kar	kar	v. ‘cut’
kar	kar	v. ‘face’
kara	kara	v. ‘think’
karau	karau	v. ‘steal’
karaurau	karaurau	n. ‘stealing’
karm	karm	v. ‘answer’
karui	karui	n. ‘rock’
karuk	karuk	v. ‘cut’
kas	kas	v. ‘swim’
kasumasa	kasumasa	Exclamation. ‘thank’
kasun	kasun	adj. ‘little’
kawasa	kawasa	n. ‘people’
kawen	kawen	n. ‘shrimp’
kawkuw	kawkuw	v. ‘get dizzy’
kayam	kajam	1. adv. ‘together’ 2. v. ‘gather’
kbaws	kbaws	v. ‘arise’
kbok	kbok	v. ‘get up’
kbor	kbor	1. adj. ‘adolescent’ 2. n. ‘young man’
ke	ke	conj. ‘or’
ke	ke	Quest. ‘question marker’
kedwa	kedwa	n. ‘door’
ken	ken	adj. ‘little’
kenm	kenm	v. ‘live’
ker	ker	prep. ‘from’
ker	ker	v. ‘grow’
ker	ker	1. adv. ‘in a moment’ 2. adv. ‘continuously’
ker	ker	n. ‘little piece, part’
keret	keret	n. ‘clan’
kfin	kfin	v. ‘lead’
kfo	kfo	v. ‘shoot with an arrow’
ki	ki	v. ‘slide’
kif	kif	n. ‘skin’
kikr	kikr	v. ‘shake’
kin	kin	v. ‘hit’
kina	kina	n. ‘family’
kir	kir	v. ‘cause a hole’
kir	kir	prep. ‘out of’
kma	kma	n. ‘father’
knam	knam	n. ‘tree’
knik	knik	adv. ‘in a moment’
ko	ko	pron. ‘1PL INCL’
kob	kob	v. ‘hit’
kofn	kofn	v. ‘say’
kok	kok	v. ‘cut’
kop	kop	n. ‘part’
kor	kor	n. ‘bone’
kor	kor	v. ‘count’
kor	kor	v. ‘cut’
kor	kor	n. ‘mangrove’
Korano	korano	n. ‘king’
korben	korben	n. ‘dragon’
koreri	koreri	n. ‘heaven’
koryae	korjae	v. ‘tease’
kpar	kpar	v. ‘hurled quickly through the air’
kpef	kpef	v. ‘break’
kpu	kpu	n. ‘grandchild’
kpu	kpu	n. ‘grandparent’
kraf	kraf	adv. ‘fully’
kraf	kraf	n. ‘meat’
kram	kram	v. ‘burry, keep’
kren	kren	v. ‘move’
kris	kris	n. ‘banyan tree’
kriwk	kriwk	v. ‘valuable’
ku	ku	pron. ‘1DU EXCL’
kuk	kuk	v. ‘hit’
kukr	kukr	conj. ‘because’
kun	kun	v. ‘cook, roast, burn’
kunm	kunm	v. ‘bow’
kur	kur	v. ‘stab, reach, point’
kur	kur	n. ‘time’
kurbe	kurbe	conj. ‘however’
kurpum	kurpum	v. ‘point towards’
kurwe	kurwe	conj. ‘although’
kwan	kwan	adj. ‘long’
kwar	kwar	adv. ‘already’
kwar	kwar	adj. ‘old’
kyam	kjam	v. ‘come’
kyar	kjar	v. ‘believe’
kyon	kjon	n. ‘pond’
kyor	kjor	num. ‘three’
kyu	kju	v. ‘push’
-m-	-m-	DIR. ‘moving towards me’
m	m	POSS. ‘2SG POSS’
ma	ma	conj. ‘and’
ma	ma	FOC. ‘focus marker’
ma	ma	v. ‘moving here’
ma	ma	DIR. ‘towards here, moving towards’
mada	mada	adv. ‘for what’
mai	mai	v. ‘ashamed of’
mak	mak	n. ‘star’
makbak	makbak	n. ‘spear’
makei	makei	n. ‘dog’
makekm	makekm	v. ‘wet’
maker	maker	v. ‘become itchy’
mam	mam	1. v. ‘see’ 2. v. ‘2SG see’
mamade	mamade	n. ‘aunt’
mambekanaek	mambekanaek	n. ‘brothers’
mambri	mambri	n. ‘hero’
mami	mami	n. ‘father’
mamun	mamun	n. ‘killing, fight’
mamunmun	mamunmun	v. ‘fight repeatedly’
mamya	mamja	n. ‘genitals’
mamyai	mamjai	v. ‘ashamed’
man	man	n. ‘bird’
mananwir	mananwir	n. ‘chief’
mande	mande	v. ‘fine’
mander	mander	v. ‘longing for, 2SG be longing for’
mandira	mandira	adv. ‘afternoon’
mandobin	mandobin	n. ‘yesterday’
mandumek	mandumek	v. ‘wet’
manggawok	maŋɡawok	n. ‘name of a type of bird’
manggenem	maŋɡenem	adv. ‘too much’
manggokor	maŋɡokor	n. ‘chicken’
manggun	maŋɡun	adj. ‘good looking’
manggun	maŋɡun	n. ‘self’
manibob	manibob	n. ‘friend’
manjau	manjau	n. ‘outrigger float’
mansar	mansar	n. ‘old man’
Manseren	manseren	n. ‘God’
mansren	mansren	n. ‘lord’
manswar	manswar	n. ‘cassowary’
manwen	manwen	n. ‘ghost’
mar	mar	v. ‘die’
marafrif	marafrif	n. ‘laughters’
maran	maran	n. ‘walking’
marandan	marandan	n. ‘trip’
marbak	marbak	v. ‘heavy’
marisn	marisn	v. ‘happy’
marmar	marmar	n. ‘death’
marmer	marmer	v. ‘wavy’
marsyur	marʃur	v. ‘heavy’
maryai	marjai	n. ‘bow’
mas	mas	v. ‘ripe, cooked’
masa	masa	adj. ‘impossible’
masasi	masasi	v. ‘have a bath’
masen	masen	n. ‘sea water’
masosn	masosn	n. ‘name of a tree’
mawa	mawa	adj. ‘small’
maws	maws	adj. ‘appropriate’
mbe	mbe	adv. ‘then’
mbo	mbo	Exclamation. ‘yes’
mbrai	mbrai	v. ‘young’
mbran	mbran	v. ‘walk’
mbrif	mbrif	v. ‘laugh’
mbrir	mbrir	v. ‘disorder’
mbrow	mbrow	v. ‘thirsty’
mbrus	mbrus	n. ‘noise’
mbruwer	mbruwer	v. ‘sink’
mer	mer	v. ‘cause’
mesr	mesr	adv. ‘next day, morning’
mewr	mewr	v. ‘refuse’
mgan	mɡan	n. ‘axe’
mgan	mɡan	adj. ‘beautiful’
mgo	mɡo	Pron. ‘2PL’
min	min	n. ‘member of the same group’
mios	mios	n. ‘island’
mk-	mk-	pron. ‘2PL’
mka	mka	n. ‘eyes’
mkak	mkak	v. ‘afraid’
mko	mko	pron. ‘2PL’
mko-	mko-	pron. ‘2PL’
mkok	mkok	v. ‘break open, destroy’
mkun	mkun	adj. ‘little’
mnaf	mnaf	v. ‘listen’
mnai	mnai	v. ‘finish’
mnggarm	mŋɡarm	n. ‘voice’
mnis	mnis	v. ‘suitable’
mnor	mnor	n. ‘mucus’
mnu	mnu	n. ‘village’
mnuk	mnuk	n. ‘piece’
mob	mob	n. ‘place’
mobsba	mobsba	v. ‘pregnant’
monda	monda	adv. ‘just’
mor	mor	v. ‘tired’
msor	msor	v. ‘angry’
mu	mu	pron. ‘2DU’
mu	mu	prep. ‘towards’
mu-	mu-	pron. ‘2DU’
mun	mun	v. ‘kill’
mun	mun	n. ‘part’
mura	mura	adv. ‘so’
muy-	muj-	pron. ‘2DU’
n	n	pron. ‘3PL INAN’
na	na	det. ‘3PL INAN det’
na	na	pron. ‘3PL INAN’
na	na	v. ‘have’
na	na	Aux. ‘will’
nadi	nadi	v. ‘pray’
naek	naek	n. ‘brother’
naknik	naknik	n. ‘miracle’
namsimba	namsimba	adv. ‘unexpectedly’
nananem	nananem	adv. ‘great amount’
nanggi	naŋɡi	n. ‘heaven’
nap	nap	v. ‘beat’
nap	nap	n. ‘cousin’
nap	nap	v. ‘naughty’
napes	napes	v. ‘perfect’
napirman	napirman	n. ‘cousin’
narem	narem	v. ‘take water out’
nas	nas	v. ‘smell’
nasan	nasan	n. ‘rank, title’
nde	nde	DIR. ‘landward’
ndi	ndi	FOC. ‘focus marker’
ndi	ndi	DIR. ‘outward’
ndima	ndima	adv. ‘therefore’
ndo	ndo	Exclamation. ‘so’
ndum	ndum	DIR. ‘inward’
ne	ne	DIR. ‘here’
ngg-	ŋɡ-	pron. ‘1PL EXCL’
nggo	ŋɡo	pron. ‘1PL EXCL’
nggun	ŋɡun	adj. ‘small’
ngo	ŋo	Pron. ‘1PL EXCL’
nik	nik	v. ‘have magic power’
ninyan	niɲan	v. ‘make dizzy’
nir	nir	v. ‘name’
nja	nja	conj. ‘so’
nk	nk	pron. ‘1PL EXCL’
no	no	adv. ‘also’
no	no	DEF. ‘some’
nu	nu	pron. ‘1DU EXCL’
nuy	nuj	pron. ‘1DU EXCL’
nyan	ɲan	n. ‘road’
ob	ob	v. ‘pick up’
ob	ob	v. ‘say’
ob	ob	prep. ‘to’
of	of	v. ‘hide’
ofk	ofk	v. ‘hide’
om	om	v. ‘clear a land’
ompis	ompis	v. ‘rise’
or	or	v. ‘call’
or	or	n. ‘sun’
oras	oras	n. ‘time’
orf	orf	n. ‘ash’
oridek	oridek	n. ‘sun rise’
orobaim	orobaim	adv. ‘not yet’
ors	ors	v. ‘stand up’
os	os	n. ‘thatched roof’
oser	oser	num. ‘one’
padwar	padwar	n. ‘stable’
pai	pai	v. ‘nail’
paik	paik	adv. ‘month’
pak	pak	n. ‘space’
Pakreki	pakreki	n. ‘island’
palu	palu	v. ‘lead a choir’
pam	pam	v. ‘shoot’
pambar	pambar	v. ‘turn around’
pampam	pampam	adv. ‘along’
pampan	pampan	v. ‘get dark’
pampum	pampum	n. ‘push repeatedly’
pan	pan	v. ‘touch, try’
pap	pap	v. ‘wash’
par	par	v. ‘circle’
park	park	v. ‘circle around’
pas	pas	v. ‘yank’
pau	pau	v. ‘pull’
pauk	pauk	v. ‘peel, 2SG peel’
pauw	pauw	v. ‘smoke’
payamyum	pajamjum	n. ‘goodness’
pdef	pdef	1. adv. ‘straight’ 2. v. ‘continue’
pduk	pduk	v. ‘beautiful’
pduk	pduk	adv. ‘well’
pimam	pimam	n. ‘sea cucumber’
pir	pir	v. ‘release, 2SG release’
pok	pok	v. ‘able to’
pon	pon	n. ‘front’
por	por	n. ‘blossom’
porm	porm	adj. ‘little drops of’
posa	posa	n. ‘end’
prei	prei	v. ‘get well’
pres	pres	adv. ‘everything.(nothing left)’
prim	prim	v. ‘cold’
pro	pro	v. ‘forget’
promes	promes	v. ‘disappear’
pum	pum	prep. ‘towards’
pupes	pupes	v. ‘release’
pups	pups	n. ‘end’
pur	pur	prep. ‘behind’
purai	purai	n. ‘tail’
pyan	pjan	v. ‘make easy’
pyar	pjar	v. ‘float’
pyopr	pjopr	v. ‘white’
pyos	pjos	v. ‘erase’
pyum	pjum	v. ‘good’
r	r	DIR. ‘towards’
ra	ra	1. prep. ‘until, towards’ 2. prep. ‘as’ 3. v. ‘move, move towards there, go’ 4. dir. ‘seaward’ 5. adv. ‘then, there’
rab	rab	v. ‘beat’
ragam	raɡam	n. ‘dialect’
rak	rak	v. ‘begin’
rakrok	rakrok	n. ‘noise’
ram	ram	n. ‘leaf’
ramen	ramen	n. ‘deep blue seawater’
ramnai	ramnai	adv. ‘after that’
ran	ran	n. ‘flies’
randak	randak	v. ‘begin’
rande	rande	v. ‘move landward’
randip	randip	n. ‘pig’
ransyo	ranʃo	n. ‘sweet potatoes’
rari	rari	Det. ‘such that’
rarisne	rarisne	adv. ‘like this’
rars	rars	n. ‘root’
rarso	rarso	quest. ‘how’
raryab	rarjab	n. ‘happines’
raryo	rarjo	conj. ‘so’
raryor	rarjor	v. ‘drift’
ras	ras	n. ‘day’
rawen	rawen	n. ‘front part’
rbai	rbai	v. ‘come out’
re	re	DIR. ‘landward’
refo	refo	n. ‘holy scripture’
rer	rer	n. ‘change skin’
rifyo	rifjo	n. ‘brother in law’
rik	rik	n. ‘blood’
rim	rim	num. ‘five’
rip	rip	v. ‘beat’
rir	rir	v. ‘hand over, release’
rirs	rirs	v. ‘dry’
rmom	rmom	v. ‘angry’
ro	ro	v. ‘die’
rob	rob	n. ‘night’
roba	roba	adv. ‘not’
robar	robar	n. ‘person’
robean	robean	n. ‘food’
robor	robor	v. ‘pass’
rof	rof	n. ‘sea grass’
rofanfan	rofanfan	n. ‘animal’
roi	roi	n. ‘thing’
rok	rok	v. ‘sound’
rokaker	rokaker	n. ‘plants’
rokir	rokir	n. ‘child’
roma	roma	n. ‘boy’
romowi	romowi	v. ‘die’
rop	rop	v. ‘throw’
ropum	ropum	n. ‘betelnut’
ros	ros	n. ‘coral reef’
ros	ros	v. ‘push’
rosdis	rosdis	v. ‘slip’
rower	rower	v. ‘listen’
rub	rub	v. ‘pour water on sth’
rum	rum	n. ‘house’
rum	rum	DIR. ‘inside’
rur	rur	n. ‘spirit’
ruren	ruren	v. ‘move fast’
rwaren	rwaren	n. ‘bay’
rwas	rwas	v. ‘divide’
ryab	rjab	v. ‘happy’
ryar	rjar	v. ‘go around’
ryarn	rjarn	v. ‘struggle’
ryur	rjur	v. ‘gather’
s	s	pron. ‘3PL AN’
s	s	v. ‘possess’
sa	sa	adv. ‘so’
sae	sae	v. ‘exit’
safsuf	safsuf	n. ‘slicing’
sai	sai	v. ‘surround’
sai	sai	quest. ‘which’
sak	sak	v. ‘flame’
sam	sam	v. ‘hunt, hot’
samaido	samaido	adv. ‘so that’
samambrab	samambrab	n. ‘strength’
sambrab	sambrab	v. ‘strong’
samfur	samfur	numeral. ‘ten’
sampak	sampak	n. ‘road’
Sampari	sampari	n. ‘name of the morning star’
samyar	samjar	adj. ‘blonde hair’
saneraro	saneraro	n. ‘heart’
sape	sape	conj. ‘while’
sapi	sapi	v. ‘fall’
sar	sar	v. ‘exit’
sar	sar	v. ‘sharp’
saramper	saramper	v. ‘take care’
saranden	saranden	n. ‘holy’
sararyur	sararjur	n. ‘poison’
sariso	sariso	Quest. ‘what’
sasar	sasar	v. ‘mistake’
sasewar	sasewar	n. ‘search’
sasor	sasor	n. ‘suffering’
saswar	saswar	n. ‘love’
sasyar	saʃar	v. ‘come out’
sau	sau	n. ‘harbour’
sau	sau	v. ‘pluck’
sausau	sausau	adv. ‘quickly’
sawar	sawar	v. ‘stretch’
sawer	sawer	v. ‘hook’
sawn	sawn	v. ‘throw’
sayan	sajan	n. ‘sweat’
sayaryur	sajarjur	adv. ‘painful’
sba	sba	n. ‘mouth’
sbawr	sbawr	v. ‘spill’
sebn	sebn	v. ‘open’
sei	sei	quest. ‘who’
senk	senk	n. ‘zinc sheet’
ser	ser	v. ‘fill’
sesr	sesr	adv. ‘plus’
sewar	sewar	v. ‘look for’
si	si	1. Pron. ‘3PL AN’ 2. det. ‘3PL AN det’ 3. POSS. ‘3SG POSS’
siber	siber	v. ‘turn around’
sik	sik	v. ‘carve’
sim	sim	n. ‘bedroom’
sin	sin	v. ‘search’
sinan	sinan	n. ‘parent’
siper	siper	adj. ‘whole’
sireb	sireb	n. ‘traditional drum’
sisn	sisn	n. ‘bedroom’
sisye	siʃe	adv. ‘separately’
siw	siw	num. ‘nine’
sk-	sk-	pron. ‘3PCL’
-sko	-sko	pron. ‘3PCL’
sko-	sko-	pron. ‘3PCL’
skoi	skoi	DET. ‘3PCL DET’
skoya	skoja	DET. ‘3PCL DET’
smai	smai	v. ‘find, receive’
sna	sna	n. ‘mother’
snar	snar	conj. ‘because’
snau	snau	v. ‘scratch’
sne	sne	n. ‘stomach’
snewar	snewar	n. ‘stomach’
snirn	snirn	v. ‘attack’
sno	sno	n. ‘name’
snof	snof	v. ‘rub’
snon	snon	n. ‘man’
snonggaku	snoŋɡaku	n. ‘man’
snoni	snoni	n. ‘nose’
snonkaku	snonkaku	n. ‘human being’
sob	sob	v. ‘decline’
sof	sof	v. ‘reach’
son	son	v. ‘boil’
sonai	sonai	n. ‘light’
sop	sop	n. ‘below’
soren	soren	n. ‘sea’
spup	spup	v. ‘struggle to release so from a trap’
srai	srai	n. ‘coconut’
srai	srai	v. ‘collect’
sram	sram	n. ‘men's house’
srar	srar	n. ‘sibling of opposite sex’
sren	sren	v. ‘clean’
srib	srib	v. ‘open’
srow	srow	v. ‘meet’
su	su	pron. ‘3DU’
su	su	v. ‘push’
suba	suba	v. ‘respect’
subr	subr	v. ‘grow’
suf	suf	v. ‘slice’
sui-	sui-	det. ‘3DU det’
sumber	sumber	n. ‘machete’
sun	sun	v. ‘3PL AN take’
sun	sun	v. ‘enter’
sup	sup	n. ‘forest’
sup	sup	n. ‘land’
supsap	supsap	adj. ‘various kinds’
suru	suru	numeral. ‘two’
sus	sus	n. ‘breast’
susu	susu	v. ‘move backward’
suy-	suj-	pron. ‘3DU’
suya	suja	DET. ‘3DU DET’
swa	swa	n. ‘spouse’
swaf	swaf	n. ‘distance’
swan	swan	n. ‘sea’
swar	swar	v. ‘love’
swarapepen	swarapepen	n. ‘reminder’
swarepn	swarepn	v. ‘remember’
swaruser	swaruser	n. ‘thought’
syadi	ʃadi	adj. ‘more’
syamas	ʃamas	n. ‘deacon’
syamswen	ʃamswen	adj. ‘difficult’
syaran	ʃaran	num. ‘thousand’
syer	ʃer	v. ‘contain’
syob	ʃob	v. ‘away, take something’
syom	ʃom	v. ‘bow’
syor	ʃor	v. ‘dry’
syos	ʃos	n. ‘generation, level’
syosyo	ʃoʃo	v. ‘crawl’
syowi	ʃowi	v. ‘respect’
syu	ʃu	v. ‘psuh inward’
tabea	tabea	n. ‘greetings’
timur	timur	n. ‘cassava’
uf	uf	v. ‘hold’
uk	uk	v. ‘cut’
un	un	v. ‘take’
undam	undam	n. ‘leaf’
urek	urek	n. ‘hill’
us	us	prep. ‘with’
usr	usr	v. ‘follow’
utin	utin	num. ‘hundred’
ve	βe	v. ‘POSS’
-w-	-w-	pron. ‘2SG’
w-	w-	pron. ‘2SG’
wa	wa	DEM. ‘that over there’
wa-	wa-	pron. ‘2SG’
waf	waf	v. ‘wait’
wai	wai	n. ‘canoe’
wai	wai	v. ‘move’
wakil	wakil	n. ‘vice’
wakwakr	wakwakr	v. ‘look’
wam	wam	n. ‘wind’
wambarek	wambarek	n. ‘west’
wambraw	wambraw	n. ‘west wind’
wamires	wamires	n. ‘south’
wamurem	wamurem	n. ‘east’
wan	wan	v. ‘order’
wan	wan	v. ‘stab’
wapuk	wapuk	adv. ‘cut’
war	war	v. ‘cause’
war	war	num. ‘eight’
war	war	n. ‘water’
warar	warar	n. ‘rattan’
warbyak	warbjak	n. ‘warbyak dialect’
warek	warek	v. ‘cover’
warki	warki	v. ‘hold’
warpon	warpon	v. ‘compete’
warwor	warwor	n. ‘songs’
was	was	v. ‘pass’
wasya	waʃa	v. ‘read’
wawi	wawi	n. ‘mother’
wawork	wawork	adv. ‘confused’
wawos	wawos	n. ‘words’
wayan	wajan	v. ‘wander’
wei	wei	n. ‘vegetables’
wemin	wemin	n. ‘leg’
wepambok	wepambok	n. ‘leg’
wer	wer	adv. ‘again’
weur	weur	n. ‘foot print’
wir	wir	n. ‘bay’
wonem	wonem	numeral. ‘six’
wongkir	woŋkir	n. ‘hole’
wor	wor	n. ‘feast’
wor	wor	v. ‘sing’
wos	wos	1. n. ‘word’ 2. v. ‘speak’
wu	wu	DEM. ‘that over there’
wudar	wudar	v. ‘walk’
wuf	wuf	v. ‘blow’
-y-	-j-	pron. ‘3SG’
y	j	pron. ‘3SG’
y-	j-	pron. ‘1SG’
ya	ja	1. det. ‘the’ 2. dem. ‘that’
ya-	ja-	Pron. ‘1SG’
-yae	-jae	DIR. ‘topward’
yaf	jaf	n. ‘garden’
yai	jai	n. ‘father’
yar	jar	adv. ‘around’
yar	jar	n. ‘sleeping mat’
yas	jas	DIR. ‘above’
yau	jau	v. ‘chase’
yaye	jaje	pron. ‘each other’
yen	jen	n. ‘sand’
yendisare	jendisare	n. ‘beach’
yub	jub	n. ‘body’

OUTOFPAPUA database: Lexicons of the West Papuan language area

Dalrymple & Mofu (2009/10): Biak

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