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Smits & Voorhoeve (1998 Yawa e): Yawa Tarau

Original citation: Smits, Leo & C. L. Voorhoeve. 1998. The JC Anceaux collection of wordlists of Irian Jaya languages, B: Non-Austronesian (Papuan) languages (Part II). Irian Jaya Source Material 10.

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Headword IPA Glosses
adaireadaiɾɛ

‘iron wood (tree)’

airaiaiɾai

‘gourd’

airaigyeaiɾaiɡjɛ

‘gourd’

ambauvaambauβa

‘tortoise’

ambauvaambauβa

‘turtle’

ampapireampapiɾɛ

‘lizard’

ampereampɛɾɛ

‘midrib of palm frond’

anampureanampuɾɛ

‘betel’

ananeananɛ

‘sago porridge’

anangkinianaŋkini

‘blackpalm’

andakoiandakoi

‘great, big’

andaoreandaoɾɛ

‘marsupial’

andaororeandaoɾoɾɛ

‘animal, beast’

andataideweandataidɛwɛ

‘nothing’

andeandɛ

‘outrigger float’

andeandɛ

‘outrigger joint’

andukaranugeandukaɾanuɡɛ

‘thing (goods)’

angkadiaŋkadi

‘coconut’

angkadi-nyumereaŋkadi-ɲumɛɾɛ

‘coconut water’

anitaanita

‘breadfruit tree, breadfruit’

anomaneanomanɛ

‘pot, jar’

ansasinaiansasinai

‘thorn, spine’

ansawaiansawai

‘pawpaw’

anuganeanuɡanɛ

‘headrest (from wood; stone etc.)’

atèmeatɛmɛ

‘hole’

awaineawainɛ

‘limestone rock’

awoneawonɛ

‘pandanus’

baisebaisɛ

‘half, few, some’

baisinebaisinɛ

‘vein’

batana nabatana na

‘hundred’

batana tabo sabuibatana tabo sabui

‘thirty’

beranibɛɾani

‘areca catechu linn.’

besibɛsi

‘iron’

boeboɛ

‘oar, paddle’

bòtenamebotɛnamɛ

‘bird of paradise’

bugebuɡɛ

‘flower’

burugabuɾuɡa

‘case’

buvibuβi

‘bamboo’

doiaisedoiaisɛ

‘imperata cylindrica (kunai grass)’

ènameɛnamɛ

‘net’

enapaeɛnapaɛ

‘bone’

iaiteiaitɛ

‘comb’

ianeianɛ

‘fence, hedge’

iapandaiapanda

‘door’

iauareiauaɾɛ

‘house’

iavaiaβa

‘house’

iavaineiaβainɛ

‘torch’

inoeinoɛ

‘wood’

insumeinsumɛ

‘grass’

inyoekaiɲoɛka

‘bark of tree’

ivavaroiβaβaɾo

‘house’

ka:ekaːɛ

‘opossum’

kabinonamekabinonamɛ

‘pot, jar’

kaidudurekaiduduɾɛ

‘thunder’

kaingkanekaiŋkanɛ

‘species of tuber’

kamaiukamaiu

‘fog, mist’

kamanekamanɛ

‘species of tuber’

kamborekamboɾɛ

‘taro’

kamuganekamuɡanɛ

‘breadfruit tree, breadfruit’

kanambekanambɛ

‘sweet potato’

kanenekanɛnɛ

‘nest’

kantatipekantatipɛ

‘cockroach’

kapakapa

‘bow’

kapapaekapapaɛ

‘spider’

kapapainekapapainɛ

‘rattan, cane’

karakaɾa

‘faeces’

karekaɾɛ

‘banana’

karurikaɾuɾi

‘dew’

katemunekatɛmunɛ

‘gherkin’

katokato

‘arrow’

kau maindekau maindɛ

‘eight’

kauekauɛ

‘shrimp’

kaumanekaumanɛ

‘lobster’

keakɛa

‘skin’

kigyarikiɡjaɾi

‘leech’

kogakoɡa

‘head’

kure-kurekuɾɛ-kuɾɛ

‘frog’

madimadi

‘blood’

madigemadiɡɛ

‘blood’

maemaɛ

‘dog’

maisuemaisuɛ

‘enough’

mamaunamamauna

‘small’

mamunammamunam

‘bamboo’

mamunamemamunamɛ

‘bamboo cane’

manamumanamu

‘river’

manapamanapa

‘gnetum gnemon (melinjo; belinjo)’

mandaremandaɾɛ

‘black cockatoo’

mangkawamaŋkawa

‘bat’

mangkayumaŋkaju

‘bush fowl’

mangkokimaŋkoki

‘chicken’

mansuòndamansuonda

‘kangaroo’

mareramaɾɛɾa

‘tree wallaby’

marovamaɾoβa

‘war’

marumaɾu

‘rain’

mayabugamajabuɡa

‘white cockatoo’

maynsaremajnsaɾɛ

‘cassowary’

mèkimɛki

‘cat’

moaninamoanina

‘new’

munimuni

‘crab’

naidubugaminaidubuɡami

‘knee’

naisisenaisisɛ

‘neck’

namènenamɛnɛ

‘hand’

namigyenamiɡjɛ

‘eye’

namuntumenamuntumɛ

‘nose’

nandakoinandakoi

‘great, big’

nanèmbonenanɛmbonɛ

‘belly’

nanumenanumɛ

‘sky’

natènatɛ

‘buttocks’

nawaromenawaɾomɛ

‘ear’

nèkawainenɛkawainɛ

‘back of body’

nòniyamenonijamɛ

‘charcoal’

nugenuɡɛ

‘island’

omaneomanɛ

‘outrigger’

paepaɛ

‘bone’

papopapo

‘grave’

patimupatimu

‘river’

pawamapawama

‘bamboo’

punapuna

‘deceased’

punamepunamɛ

‘pigeon’

raineɾainɛ

‘centipede’

rateɾatɛ

‘roof’

sabui eane tabosabui ɛanɛ tabo

‘eleven’

saiaresaiaɾɛ

‘dry’

saresaɾɛ

v. ‘dance’

sewenigyasɛwɛniɡja

‘rainbow’

sikawesikawɛ

‘(flash of) lighting’

taburatabuɾa

‘shell’

tamatama

‘axe, hatchet’

tanigyetaniɡjɛ

‘pandanus’

taumetaumɛ

‘sago’

tavo-tavotaβo-taβo

‘few, some’

tempakapurtɛmpakapuɾ

‘lime gourd, container’

timburitimbuɾi

‘cassava’

tiretiɾɛ

‘lime’

tuturitutuɾi

‘all’

uaua

‘proa, canoe’

uanambauanamba

‘north’

uanamurauanamuɾa

‘east’

uangkòreuaŋkoɾɛ

‘crocodile’

uatemamandiuatɛmamandi

‘afternoon’

udauda

‘net bag, string bag’

uendeuɛndɛ

‘bamboo’

umaineumainɛ

‘hornbill’

umbèneumbɛnɛ

‘chopper, bushknife’

unamuunamu

‘forest, woods’

varivineβaɾiβinɛ

‘hair’

wawatigyawawatiɡja

‘cold’

yoanejoanɛ

‘H. manihot’