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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
adaireadaire

‘iron wood (tree)’

airaiairai

‘gourd’

airaigyeairaiɡje

‘gourd’

ambauvaambauβa

‘tortoise’

ambauvaambauβa

‘turtle’

ampapireampapire

‘lizard’

ampereampere

‘midrib of palm frond’

anampureanampure

‘betel’

ananeanane

‘sago porridge’

anangkinianaŋkini

‘blackpalm’

andakoiandakoi

‘great, big’

andaoreandaore

‘marsupial’

andaororeandaorore

‘animal, beast’

andataideweandataidewe

‘nothing’

andeande

‘outrigger float’

andeande

‘outrigger joint’

andukaranugeandukaranuɡe

‘thing (goods)’

angkadiaŋkadi

‘coconut’

angkadi-nyumereaŋkadi-ɲumere

‘coconut water’

anitaanita

‘breadfruit tree, breadfruit’

anomaneanomane

‘pot, jar’

ansasinaiansasinai

‘thorn, spine’

ansawaiansawai

‘pawpaw’

anuganeanuɡane

‘headrest (from wood; stone etc.)’

atèmeateme

‘hole’

awaineawaine

‘limestone rock’

awoneawone

‘pandanus’

baisebaise

‘half, few, some’

baisinebaisine

‘vein’

batana nabatana na

‘hundred’

batana tabo sabuibatana tabo sabui

‘thirty’

beraniberani

‘areca catechu linn.’

besibesi

‘iron’

boeboe

‘oar, paddle’

bòtenamebotename

‘bird of paradise’

bugebuɡe

‘flower’

burugaburuɡa

‘case’

buvibuβi

‘bamboo’

doiaisedoiaise

‘imperata cylindrica (kunai grass)’

ènameename

‘net’

enapaeenapae

‘bone’

iaiteiaite

‘comb’

ianeiane

‘fence, hedge’

iapandaiapanda

‘door’

iauareiauare

‘house’

iavaiaβa

‘house’

iavaineiaβaine

‘torch’

inoeinoe

‘wood’

insumeinsume

‘grass’

inyoekaiɲoeka

‘bark of tree’

ivavaroiβaβaro

‘house’

ka:ekaːe

‘opossum’

kabinonamekabinoname

‘pot, jar’

kaidudurekaidudure

‘thunder’

kaingkanekaiŋkane

‘species of tuber’

kamaiukamaiu

‘fog, mist’

kamanekamane

‘species of tuber’

kamborekambore

‘taro’

kamuganekamuɡane

‘breadfruit tree, breadfruit’

kanambekanambe

‘sweet potato’

kanenekanene

‘nest’

kantatipekantatipe

‘cockroach’

kapakapa

‘bow’

kapapaekapapae

‘spider’

kapapainekapapaine

‘rattan, cane’

karakara

‘faeces’

karekare

‘banana’

karurikaruri

‘dew’

katemunekatemune

‘gherkin’

katokato

‘arrow’

kau maindekau mainde

‘eight’

kauekaue

‘shrimp’

kaumanekaumane

‘lobster’

keakea

‘skin’

kigyarikiɡjari

‘leech’

kogakoɡa

‘head’

kure-kurekure-kure

‘frog’

madimadi

‘blood’

madigemadiɡe

‘blood’

maemae

‘dog’

maisuemaisue

‘enough’

mamaunamamauna

‘small’

mamunammamunam

‘bamboo’

mamunamemamuname

‘bamboo cane’

manamumanamu

‘river’

manapamanapa

‘gnetum gnemon (melinjo; belinjo)’

mandaremandare

‘black cockatoo’

mangkawamaŋkawa

‘bat’

mangkayumaŋkaju

‘bush fowl’

mangkokimaŋkoki

‘chicken’

mansuòndamansuonda

‘kangaroo’

mareramarera

‘tree wallaby’

marovamaroβa

‘war’

marumaru

‘rain’

mayabugamajabuɡa

‘white cockatoo’

maynsaremajnsare

‘cassowary’

mèkimeki

‘cat’

moaninamoanina

‘new’

munimuni

‘crab’

naidubugaminaidubuɡami

‘knee’

naisisenaisise

‘neck’

namènenamene

‘hand’

namigyenamiɡje

‘eye’

namuntumenamuntume

‘nose’

nandakoinandakoi

‘great, big’

nanèmbonenanembone

‘belly’

nanumenanume

‘sky’

natènate

‘buttocks’

nawaromenawarome

‘ear’

nèkawainenekawaine

‘back of body’

nòniyamenonijame

‘charcoal’

nugenuɡe

‘island’

omaneomane

‘outrigger’

paepae

‘bone’

papopapo

‘grave’

patimupatimu

‘river’

pawamapawama

‘bamboo’

punapuna

‘deceased’

punamepuname

‘pigeon’

raineraine

‘centipede’

raterate

‘roof’

sabui eane tabosabui eane tabo

‘eleven’

saiaresaiare

‘dry’

saresare

v. ‘dance’

sewenigyaseweniɡja

‘rainbow’

sikawesikawe

‘(flash of) lighting’

taburatabura

‘shell’

tamatama

‘axe, hatchet’

tanigyetaniɡje

‘pandanus’

taumetaume

‘sago’

tavo-tavotaβo-taβo

‘few, some’

tempakapurtempakapur

‘lime gourd, container’

timburitimburi

‘cassava’

tiretire

‘lime’

tuturituturi

‘all’

uaua

‘proa, canoe’

uanambauanamba

‘north’

uanamurauanamura

‘east’

uangkòreuaŋkore

‘crocodile’

uatemamandiuatemamandi

‘afternoon’

udauda

‘net bag, string bag’

uendeuende

‘bamboo’

umaineumaine

‘hornbill’

umbèneumbene

‘chopper, bushknife’

unamuunamu

‘forest, woods’

varivineβariβine

‘hair’

wawatigyawawatiɡja

‘cold’

yoanejoane

‘H. manihot’