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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:mpeaːmpe

‘midrib of palm frond’

a:neaːne

‘coconut’

aiaribinaiaribin

‘hair’

aietoaieto

‘enough’

aisanggiaisaŋɡi

‘nest’

aiwi:tanaiwiːtan

‘rattan, cane’

ajariajari

‘head’

ama:ndaamaːnda

‘eat’

amarkomuamarkomu

‘ear’

anananan

‘sago porridge’

andasasinaiandasasinai

‘thorn, spine’

andè:tuandeːtu

‘door’

ando:eandoːe

‘great, big’

ansèanse

‘vein’

ansoaeansoae

‘pawpaw’

anteno:nomantenoːnom

‘few, some’

awutungawutuŋ

‘nose’

baèibaei

‘half, few, some’

baentawebaentawe

‘one’

baobao

‘leaf’

baru:rubaruːru

v. ‘burn (intr.)’

bungabuŋa

‘flower’

do:wendoːwen

‘nothing’

iaiiai

‘bone’

inèiinei

‘I, 1SG pronoun’

ka:mikaːmi

‘egg’

kaoakaoa

‘small’

karèpièkarepie

‘banana’

keakea

‘bark of tree’

kiokio

‘smoke’

maikaemaikae

‘good’

mandemande

‘three’

mandimandi

‘blood’

marumaru

‘rain’

mawitmawit

‘red’

naiobuamnaiobuam

‘knee’

nanemnanem

‘hand’

nanggoraunaŋɡorau

‘neck’

nanoanapinanoanapi

‘belly’

naremandenaremande

‘eight’

natenate

‘buttocks’

ne:aneːa

‘cold’

no

‘tree’

nò-keano-kea

‘bark of tree’

nonaunonau

‘hear’

norenore

‘come’

oma:naomaːna

v. ‘drink’

parapara

‘fence, hedge’

raisengraiseŋ

‘charcoal’

rawaorawao

‘roof’

sabui seane baentawesabui seane baentawe

‘eleven’

sara:mosaraːmo

‘dry’

tante:namtanteːnam

‘all’

tautau

‘sago’

tawaîtawai

‘snake’

tè:wateːwa

‘ashes’

uaninuanin

‘new’

unatunat

‘forest, woods’

unatunat

‘mountain’

vioveβioβe

‘weep’

watuwatu

‘house’