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Smits & Voorhoeve (1998 Saweru b): Saweru

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
a:miaːmi

‘eye’

a:mpeaːmpɛ

‘midrib of palm frond’

a:neaːnɛ

‘coconut’

aiaribinaiaɾibin

‘hair’

aietoaiɛto

‘enough’

aisanggiaisaŋɡi

‘nest’

aiwi:tanaiwiːtan

‘rattan, cane’

ajariadʒaɾi

‘head’

ama:ndaamaːnda

‘eat’

amarkomuamaɾkomu

‘ear’

anananan

‘sago porridge’

andasasinaiandasasinai

‘thorn, spine’

andè:tuandɛːtu

‘door’

ando:eandoːɛ

‘great, big’

ansèansɛ

‘vein’

ansoaeansoaɛ

‘pawpaw’

anteno:nomantɛnoːnom

‘few, some’

awutungawutuŋ

‘nose’

baèibaɛi

‘half, few, some’

baentawebaɛntawɛ

‘one’

baobao

‘leaf’

baru:rubaɾuːɾu

v. ‘burn (intr.)’

bungabuŋa

‘flower’

do:wendoːwɛn

‘nothing’

iaiiai

‘bone’

inèiinɛi

‘I, 1SG pronoun’

ka:mikaːmi

‘egg’

kaoakaoa

‘small’

karèpièkaɾɛpiɛ

‘banana’

keakɛa

‘bark of tree’

kiokio

‘smoke’

maikaemaikaɛ

‘good’

mandemandɛ

‘three’

mandimandi

‘blood’

marumaɾu

‘rain’

mawitmawit

‘red’

naiobuamnaiobuam

‘knee’

nanemnanɛm

‘hand’

nanggoraunaŋɡoɾau

‘neck’

nanoanapinanoanapi

‘belly’

naremandenaɾɛmandɛ

‘eight’

natenatɛ

‘buttocks’

ne:anɛːa

‘cold’

no

‘tree’

nò-keano-kɛa

‘bark of tree’

nonaunonau

‘hear’

norenoɾɛ

‘come’

oma:naomaːna

v. ‘drink’

parapaɾa

‘fence, hedge’

raisengɾaisɛŋ

‘charcoal’

rawaoɾawao

‘roof’

sabui seane baentawesabui sɛanɛ baɛntawɛ

‘eleven’

sara:mosaɾaːmo

‘dry’

tante:namtantɛːnam

‘all’

tautau

‘sago’

tawaîtawai

‘snake’

tè:watɛːwa

‘ashes’

uaninuanin

‘new’

unatunat

‘forest, woods’

unatunat

‘mountain’

vioveβioβɛ

‘weep’

watuwatu

‘house’