OUTOFPAPUA database: Lexicons of the West Papuan language area

Smits & Voorhoeve (1998 Maybrat n): Maybrat Mogetemin

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
abanaban

‘snake’

abitabit

‘banana’

aduadu

‘mountain’

ahkrikahkɾik

‘frog’

aitait

‘he/she’

akenakɛn

‘proa, canoe’

anaana

‘fence, hedge’

araaɾa

‘tree’

ara marakaɾa maɾak

‘bark of tree’

ateatɛ

‘arrow’

ayaaja

‘river’

ayohajoh

‘sky’

bahbah

‘midrib of palm frond’

betabɛta

‘all’

boferofboɸɛɾoɸ

‘nothing’

bohboh

‘ashes’

bosafonbosaɸon

‘kunai grass’; ‘Imperata cylindrica’

bosebosɛ

‘old, worn’

bronbɾon

‘bamboo’

butbut

‘leech’

dafatdaɸat

‘nest’

difdiɸ

‘kangaroo’

ganamɡanam

‘cold’

ginyaɡiɲa

‘child’

grekɡɾɛk

‘armpit’

grentufɡɾɛntuɸ

‘eight’

gukekɡukɛk

‘child’

haha

‘sago’

hrenhɾɛn

‘buttocks’

isis

‘yesterday’

jifjadʒiɸdʒa

‘marsupial’

jodʒo

‘I’

kanukanu

‘you (pl.)’

kanu beokkanu bɛok

‘you both’

kawakawa

‘bush fowl’

kofatkoɸat

‘bush fowl’

lirliɾ

‘(flash of) lightning’

mabimabi

‘great, big’

mabufmabuɸ

‘short’

magumaɡu

‘small’

mahaumumahaumu

‘high’

majafmadʒaɸ

‘bird of paradise’

makamaka

‘crooked, bent’

makairmakaiɾ

‘bad/ugly (things)’

marakmaɾak

‘skin’

masamasa

‘door’

matamata

‘leaf’

matafmataɸ

‘ripe’

matahmatah

‘dog’

mataimatai

‘bone’

matakmatak

‘hard’

-mato-mato

‘nostril’

maufmauɸ

‘egg’

mawanmawan

‘hair’

-medi-mɛdi

‘thunder’

mekekmɛkɛk

‘red’

mekekabomɛkɛkabo

‘island’

mesmɛs

‘blood’

metaxmɛtax

‘bitter’

mfomɸo

‘now’

minmin

‘oar, paddle’

mofmoɸ

‘good’

naberasenabɛɾasɛ

‘big, fat’

nahafnahaɸ

‘belly’

naifnaiɸ

‘nose’

naitnait

‘eat’

namanama

‘come’

namonamo

‘go’

nananana

‘head’

narinaɾi

‘hear’

nasunasu

‘eye’

natemnatɛm

‘hand’

natmatonatmato

‘breast’

ne

‘give’

nefamunɛɸamu

‘thigh’

nefranɛɸɾa

‘back of body’

negiasnɛɡias

‘speak’

nemaranɛmaɾa

‘ear’

neskatenɛskatɛ

‘chin’

neskate mauwannɛskatɛ mauwan

‘beard’

nyoɲo

‘you (sing.)’

omom

‘rain’

otot

‘saliva’

ra mat mahaiɾa mat mahai

‘hundred’

rayahaiɾajahai

‘deceased’

renɾɛn

‘day/daylight’

renɾɛn

‘morning’

rukairɾukaiɾ

‘cassowary’

safomsaɸom

‘blue’

safomsaɸom

‘forest, woods’

sahsah

‘unripe’

saitsait

‘one’

samersamɛɾ

‘cooked, done’

samersamɛɾ

‘raw’

samusamu

‘house’

sasuyasasuja

‘sweet potato’

siosio

‘faeces’

smossmos

‘mucus’

srausɾau

‘neck’

srotsɾot

‘fast’

tabamtabam

‘earth (ground)’

taittait

‘centipede’

taittait

‘eat’

tanatana

‘new’

tanatana

‘young’

tatatata

‘drink’

taurtauɾ

‘bow’

tefetɛɸɛ

‘crocodile’

tegiastɛɡias

‘speak’

toto

‘rattan, cane’

tuftuɸ

‘three’

wasiwasi

‘smoke’

werefwɛɾɛɸ

‘spider’

wisamwisam

‘bat’

wosufwosuɸ

‘breadfruit tree, breadfruit’

yabiyohjabijoh

‘old’

yaitjait

‘eat’

yegiasbojɛɡiasbo

‘speak’