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Smits & Voorhoeve (1998 Maybrat a.2): 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’

abitabit

‘banana’

abukabuk

‘lizard’

aitait

‘he/she’

akoxakox

‘tortoise’

akoxakox

‘turtle’

araaɾa

‘wood’

ataata

‘lobster’

aviaβi

‘roof’

awiaxawiax

‘taro’

awitawit

‘white cockatoo’

baxfatebaxɸatɛ

‘gourd’

bisirbisiɾ

‘drunk’

bobatbobat

‘vegetables’

boboreboboɾɛ

‘family’

boklenboklɛn

‘bracelet’

boseribosɛɾi

‘cassowary’

bunbun

‘gourd’

butbut

‘leech’

demadidɛmadi

‘right’

diodio

‘I’

ewa:xɛwaːx

‘spider’

ga:dɡaːd

‘dry’

gendufɡɛnduɸ

‘eight’

gugekɡuɡɛk

‘child’

isis

‘yesterday’

kakkak

‘marsupial’

kaksesakaksɛsa

‘marsupial’

karietkaɾiɛt

‘shrimp’

katerukatɛɾu

‘cassowary’

keborkɛboɾ

‘back of body’

koborkoboɾ

‘behind, (at the) rear’

kofrekkoɸɾɛk

‘shoulder’

ma:nmaːn

‘sharp’

mabimabi

‘great, big’

madiefmadiɛɸ

‘bird of paradise’

magumaɡu

‘small’

makairmakaiɾ

‘bad/ugly (things)’

mamummamum

‘neck’

marakmaɾak

‘finished, ready’

matakmatak

‘hard’

matumatu

‘in, at, on’

mekekmɛkɛk

‘red’

menmɛn

‘day/daylight’

metaxmɛtax

‘dog’

miamia

‘smoke’

miumiu

‘high’

mofmoɸ

‘good’

moguabumoɡuabu

‘in, at, on’

mvemβɛ

‘is not, are not’

nabonabo

‘eat’

nakmatonakmato

‘breast’

namawennamawɛn

‘hair’

nananana

‘head’

narnaɾ

‘rainbow’

nasunasu

‘eye’

nationnation

‘hand’

nawenawɛ

‘speak’

naweyanawɛja

‘weep’

naxa:fnaxaːɸ

‘belly’

nenaifnɛnaiɸ

‘nose’

nerognɛɾoɡ

‘go down, descend’

nevosnɛβos

‘cold’

nexainɛxai

‘dead’

niania

‘smoke’

nimaranimaɾa

‘ear’

nimenanimɛna

‘knee’

nionio

‘you (sing.)’

nono

‘get’

o:moːm

‘rain’

pasahpasah

‘rice’

remoɾɛmo

‘village’

remoxɾɛmox

‘village’

ru maufɾu mauɸ

‘egg’

rusianɾusian

‘duck’

samusamu

‘house’

sarusaɾu

‘cook’

sasusasu

‘sweet potato’

savomsaβom

‘blue’

savomsaβom

‘green’

sawsaw

‘one’

serauwsɛɾauw

‘neck’

serotsɛɾot

‘fast’

sewosɛwo

‘spinach’

sokisoki

‘chopper, bushknife’

suarasuaɾa

‘cassava’

taittait

‘centipede’

taittait

‘eat’

tatatata

‘drink’

taxaitaxai

‘thirsty’

teretɛɾɛ

‘bracelet’

terottɛɾot

‘straight’

tetatɛta

‘day before yesterday’

tetbaitɛtbai

‘scorpion’

tiatia

‘smoke’

timsintimsin

‘lizard’

tuftuɸ

‘three’

tugumtuɡum

‘lizard’

turoftuɾoɸ

‘midrib of palm frond’

uwiaxuwiax

‘taro’

variβaɾi

‘not yet’

vedioxβɛdiox

‘net bag, string bag’

viafβiaɸ

‘yellow’

wawa

‘afraid, fear’

werifwɛɾiɸ

‘shell’

werifwɛɾiɸ

‘spider’

weyaxwɛjax

‘black cockatoo’

wosurwosuɾ

‘crocodile’

xabanxaban

‘bead’

yaitjait

‘eat’

yatajata

‘drink’

yiajia

‘smoke’