OUTOFPAPUA database: Lexicons of the West Papuan language area

Smits & Voorhoeve (1998 Maybrat a.1): Maybrat Ayamaru

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
a:xaːx

‘frog’

abanaban

‘snake’

abitabit

‘banana’

aitait

‘he/she’

anaana

‘fence, hedge’

anuanu

‘you (pl.)’

anu bo-anu bo-

‘you both’

araaɾa

‘tree’

atuatu

‘mountain’

awiaxawiax

‘taro’

ayaxajax

‘sky’

bajijiabaɟiɟia

‘old, worn’

bohboh

‘ashes’

botena faresbotɛna ɸaɾɛs

‘young’

bronbɾon

‘bamboo’

butbut

‘leech’

dafatdaɸat

‘nest’

darakdaɾak

‘skin’

difdiɸ

‘tree wallaby’

gaatɡaat

‘dry’

ganamɡanam

‘cold’

grekɡɾɛk

‘armpit’

grentufɡɾɛntuɸ

‘eight’

gumekekɡumɛkɛk

‘child’

haha

‘sago’

hrihɾi

‘bark of tree’

ijekiɟɛk

‘breadfruit tree, breadfruit’

imaraimaɾa

‘ear’

inamawaninamawan

‘hair’

isis

‘yesterday’

jioɟio

‘I’

kaborometeitkaboɾomɛtɛit

‘back of body’

karefkaɾɛɸ

‘arrow’

kaserikasɛɾi

‘cassowary’

kofatkoɸat

‘bush fowl’

kokkok

‘marsupial’

kowakowa

‘bush fowl’

koxkox

‘earth (ground)’

mabimabi

‘great, big’

mabufmabuɸ

‘short’

maefmaɛɸ

‘all’

magumaɡu

‘small’

majafmaɟaɸ

‘bird of paradise’

mamoxmamox

‘cooked, done’

mamox faresmamox ɸaɾɛs

‘raw’

masamasa

‘door’

masemasɛ

‘big, fat’

masemasɛ

‘great, big’

matamata

‘leaf’

matakmatak

‘hard’

mataxmatax

‘dog’

-mato-mato

‘nostril’

matofmatoɸ

‘ripe’

maufmauɸ

‘egg’

-medi-mɛdi

‘thunder’

mesmɛs

‘blood’

metaxmɛtax

‘bitter’

mfemɸɛ

‘nothing’

mfomɸo

‘now’

minmin

‘oar, paddle’

miyomijo

‘high’

mokairmokaiɾ

‘bad/ugly (things)’

nabamonabamo

‘thigh’

nahafnahaɸ

‘belly’

naifnaiɸ

‘nose’

namanama

‘come’

namonamo

‘go’

narinaɾi

‘hear’

nasunasu

‘eye’

natmatonatmato

‘breast’

ne

‘give’

nemenanɛmɛna

‘knee’

netainɛtai

‘bone’

ngatemŋatɛm

‘hand’

ngatem dekakŋatɛm dɛkak

‘elbow’

nigasniɡas

‘speak’

nonaitnonait

‘eat’

nonatanonata

‘drink’

nonoboretononoboɾɛto

‘make, do’

nusyionuʃio

‘faeces’

nyioɲio

‘you (sing.)’

omom

‘rain’

osurosuɾ

‘crocodile’

otot

‘saliva’

ra mesa mahai koburɾa mɛsa mahai kobuɾ

‘hundred’

raro maxaitɾaɾo maxait

‘deceased’

renɾɛn

‘day/daylight’

renɾɛn

‘morning’

rirɾiɾ

‘(flash of) lightning’

romakekɾomakɛk

‘red’

safomsaɸom

‘forest, woods’

samusamu

‘house’

sasuadisasuadi

‘sweet potato’

satosato

‘island’

sawsaw

‘one’

saxsax

‘unripe’

serausɛɾau

‘neck’

simussimus

‘cockroach’

somossomos

‘mucus’

sorotsoɾot

‘fast’

subunayoxsubunajox

‘imperata cylindrica (kunai grass)’

taittait

‘centipede’

tefiatɛɸia

‘new’

tettɛt

‘bat’

toto

‘rattan, cane’

tofostoɸos

‘cold’

tololtolol

‘chin’

tolol mauwantolol mauwan

‘beard’

tonton

‘coconut’

tourtouɾ

‘bow’

tuftuɸ

‘three’

turoftuɾoɸ

‘midrib of palm frond’

wasiwasi

‘smoke’

werefwɛɾɛɸ

‘spider’

wiakwiak

‘proa, canoe’

xerenxɛɾɛn

‘buttocks’

yabijabi

‘old’

yanajana

‘head’

yofjoɸ

‘good’