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Voorhoeve (1982 Maybrat a): Maybrat Ayamaru

Original citation: Voorhoeve, C. L. 1982. Brat wordlists. Unpublished typescript.

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'afanˈaɸan

‘tree grub’

-'ana-ˈana

‘head’

'apitˈapit

‘banana’

'araˈaɾa

‘tree’

'iiˈiː

‘ant’

'ooxˈoːx

‘already’

'oraˈoɾa

‘garden’

-a-a

‘leg’

-a famu-a ɸamu

‘thigh’

-a map'an-a maˈpan

‘sole of foot’

-a maur-a mauɾ

‘calf of leg’

a'irˈaiɾ

‘dove’

-a'us-ˈaus

‘urine’

aaxaːx

‘frog’

afaeaɸaɛ

‘not yet’

afiaɸi

‘frond of sago’

afiaɸi

‘thatch’

-akar-akaɾ

‘heart’

akoako

‘hole’

-akon-akon

‘scrotum’

amaxamax

‘house’

(a)mes(a)mɛs

‘blood’

-amu-amu

‘nape of neck’

amuamu

‘we’

an'aaˈna

‘they’

anaana

‘fence’

anuanu

‘you (pl)’

aotaot

‘spittle’

(a)p'uo(a)ˈpuo

‘cloud, fog’

apanapan

‘snake’

-apet-apɛt

‘wound’

-api-api

‘grown up’

-apia-apia

‘father’

apuapu

‘machete’

apukapuk

‘lizard’

ara ma'iraɾa ˈmaiɾ

‘stem of tree’

(ara) mata(aɾa) mata

‘leaf’

ara mtisaɾa mtis

‘root of tree’

-arak-aɾak

‘skin’

aretoaɾɛto

‘that’

arinaɾin

‘far away’

-arir-aɾiɾ

‘lightning’

(a)ru(a)ɾu

‘bird’

-as'ox-aˈsox

‘mouth’

asamasam

‘sugarcane’

-ase-asɛ

‘large’

aserasɛɾ

‘post of house’

-asin-asin

‘side of body’

asoaso

‘digging stick’

-asom-asom

‘name’

ásuˈasu

‘eye, face’

-at'ar-aˈtaɾ

‘chin, jaw’

at'iaˈti

‘right side’

ataata

‘left side’

-(a)tai-(a)tai

‘bone’

-atat-atat

‘grandparent’

ateatɛ

‘arrow’

ateatɛ

‘spear’

atematɛm

‘arm’

-atem kabus-atɛm kabus

‘finger’

-atem krem-atɛm kɾɛm

‘finger’

-atem tekof-atɛm tɛkoɸ

‘elbow’

(a)tet(a)tɛt

‘bat’

-atmat'o-atmaˈto

‘cheek’

-atox-atox

‘penis’

atuatu

‘tongs’

-atya-atja

‘father’

auau

‘she’

aufauɸ

‘sago flour’

autaut

‘steep hill’

aüw(i)aaʷw(i)a

‘who’

aweawɛ

‘who’

awiakawiak

‘taro’

awietawiɛt

‘pandanus tree’

awiet taxawiɛt tax

‘pandanus leaf’

-(a)xaf-(a)xaɸ

‘belly’

axofaxoɸ

‘sago pith’

ayaaja

‘water’

ayoajo

‘where’

ayoxajox

‘sky’

ayox meroxajox mɛɾox

‘thunder’

aytajt

‘he’

ayuoajuo

‘sun’

ayuoxajuox

‘sky’

boromabioboɾomabio

‘sky’

burmabibuɾmabi

‘sky’

-efe-ɛɸɛ

‘ill’

efoɛɸo

‘here’

-eme-ɛmɛ

‘mother’

-etis-ɛtis

‘tendon, vein’

-etuk-ɛtuk

‘deaf’

ewoqɛwoq

‘two’

-exaf-ɛxaɸ

‘intestines’

-exas-ɛxas

‘ill’

eyoqɛjoq

‘two’

fan'esɸaˈnɛs

‘heavy’

faneɸanɛ

‘pig’

farɸaɾ

‘behind’

far'iɸaˈɾi

‘far away’

faratɸaɾat

‘hornbill’

farisɸaɾis

‘not yet’

fayɸaj

‘wife’

faynɸajn

‘wife’

feɸɛ

‘not’

fiafɸiaɸ

‘yellow’

finfienɸinɸiɛn

‘thin’

finieɸiniɛ

‘woman’

fokoɸoko

‘angry’

fosɸos

‘wind’

foxɸox

‘quickly’

fraɸɾa

‘stone’

i:siːs

‘yesterday’

iafiaɸ

‘wound’

ifoiɸo

‘today’

-imara-imaɾa

‘ear’

-im(e)na-im(ɛ)na

‘knee’

iponipon

‘salt ashes of leaves’

isis

‘path’

it'aiˈta

‘dry’

k'eneˈkɛnɛ

‘nearby’

kaitkait

‘dry’

kakkak

‘possum (generic)’

kan'amkaˈnam

‘cold’

kauskaus

‘mouse’

kautkaut

‘mouse’

kawiakawia

‘bush hen’

kayekajɛ

‘why’

keirkɛiɾ

‘bad’

kemikkɛmik

‘swollen’

kepekkɛpɛk

‘shoulder’

kerefkɛɾɛɸ

‘arrow’

keskɛs

‘sound, word’

-kimik-kimik

‘calf of leg’

komokomo

‘angry’

kop'orkoˈpoɾ

‘trunk of body’

kporkpoɾ

‘back of body’

-kre-kɾɛ

‘branch’

krekkɾɛk

‘armpit’

krent'ufkɾɛnˈtuɸ

‘eight’

krentietkɾɛntiɛt

‘nine’

kukekkukɛk

‘child’

kumkum

‘bee’

kuw'ankuˈwan

‘meat’

kuwiankuwian

‘meat’

ma:nmaːn

‘sharp (of knife)’

maatmaːt

‘five’

mag'enmaˈɡɛn

‘many’

maifmaiɸ

‘wing’

mak'amaˈka

‘wet’

mak'emaˈkɛ

‘fruit’

mak'omaˈko

‘vagina’

mak'umaˈku

‘small’

makermakɛɾ

‘skinny’

mamuoxmamuox

‘raw’

manism maposmanism mapos

‘rotten’

mapinmapin

‘blunt’

mapuofmapuoɸ

‘short, low’

m(a)t'axm(a)ˈtax

‘dog’

mat'axmaˈtax

‘old’

mataxmatax

‘bitter’

matimati

‘night, dark’

m-aufm-auɸ

‘egg’

mawianmawian

‘hair of body, hair of head’

me:nmɛːn

‘tomorrow’

mek'ekmɛˈkɛk

‘red’

men'emɛˈnɛ

‘where’

menismɛnis

‘rotten’

menomɛno

‘there’

mer'armɛˈɾaɾ

‘jaw’

meri(a)mɛɾi(a)

‘far away’

mes'ufmɛˈsuɸ

‘round’

mesakmɛsak

‘young’

met'afmɛˈtaɸ

‘mud’

m-etitm-ɛtit

‘narrow’

mexafmɛxaɸ

‘stomach’

meymɛj

‘language, voice’

miimiː

‘long, high, tall’

mikmik

‘swelling’

mkatmkat

‘dry’

m-ofm-oɸ

‘good’

moxmox

‘dirty’

moyimoji

‘where’

moyumoju

‘where’

mpempɛ

‘warm’

mpitmpit

‘navel’

mpoxmpox

‘white’

mumu

‘hidden’

mufmuɸ

‘all (of people)’

murmuɾ

‘darkness’

nakonako

‘vagina’

narnaɾ

‘rainbow’

nawenawɛ

‘breadfruit’

neifnɛiɸ

‘nose’

neifnɛiɸ

‘nostril’

nini

‘you (sg)’

nionio

‘you (sg)’

nitnit

‘lip’

nka:rnkaːɾ

‘dry’

nkremankɾɛma

‘seven’

nspoxnspox

‘loose, undone’

o'anoˈan

‘liver’

okooko

‘hot, angry’

omom

‘rain’

onoono

‘there’

otot

‘spittle’

otooto

‘that’

oxatoxat

‘fireplace’

p'auwaˈpauwa

‘what’

pa:mpaːm

‘axe’

-pait-pait

‘tooth’

paritpaɾit

‘ladder’

pawepawɛ

‘what’

pawiapawia

‘why’

pekärpɛkaɾ

‘skinny’

pes'okpɛˈsok

‘slippery’

pet'apɛˈta

‘all’

pet'apɛˈta

‘betelnut’

pfitpɸit

‘ginger’

pirpiɾ

‘adult man’

popo

‘food’

popo

‘thing’

po (a)xpo (a)x

‘ashes’

(po) safom(po) saɸom

‘grass’

poitpoit

‘food’

pom'afitpoˈmaɸit

‘mosquito’

posr'eposˈɾɛ

‘cassowary’

poxanapoxana

‘embers’

prakpɾak

‘thorny’

pronpɾon

‘bamboo’

pupapupa

‘fly (n)’

pupeirpupɛiɾ

‘fly (n)’

purpuɾ

‘bee’

raɾa

‘person (sg)’

raitɾait

‘his’

ramuɾamu

‘our’

rapuɾapu

‘morning’

rasmeɾasmɛ

‘man’

rauɾau

‘her’

refoɾɛɸo

‘this’

rokoɾoko

‘firewood’

roraɾoɾa

‘people, person (pl)’

rotenaɾotɛna

‘new (house)’

rotiɾoti

‘my’

rotoɾoto

‘new (house)’

ru awetɾu awɛt

‘white cockatoo’

ru mainɾu main

‘wing’

ru wer'axɾu wɛˈɾax

‘hornbill’

rusmeɾusmɛ

‘boy’

s'afomˈsaɸom

‘green’

sasa

‘opening’

sasa

‘ten’

saekensaɛkɛn

‘star’

safasaɸa

‘stomach’

safesaɸɛ

‘black’

sakumsakum

‘goanna’

-sam-sam

‘afraid’

sam'ersaˈmɛɾ

‘cooked, done’

samusamu

‘house’

sap'asaˈpa

‘worm’

-sapan-sapan

‘shy’

sasusasu

‘sweet potato’

sasuatisasuati

‘sweet potato’

sawiaxsawiax

‘tail of dog’

saxsax

‘charcoal’

saxsax

‘embers’

se

‘empty’

sem'ossɛˈmos

‘nasal mucus’

sematsɛmat

‘strong’

semitsɛmit

‘widow, widower’

s(e)n'ies(ɛ)ˈniɛ

‘moon’

-senim-sɛnim

‘brother-in-law’

sepitsɛpit

‘thirsty’

sepossɛpos

‘leaf’

seresɛɾɛ

‘wound’

sesasɛsa

‘possum species’

set'ensɛˈtɛn

‘fat’

sex'asɛˈxa

‘cold’

seysɛj

‘one’

-si-si

‘faeces’

siksik

‘thorn’

sioxsiox

‘fish’

sirsiɾ

‘sleepy’

-sis-sis

‘breast’

sniksnik

‘sand’

sokosoko

‘stick’

sonson

‘coconut’

sowsow

‘one’

srawsɾaw

‘neck’

sresɾɛ

‘empty’

-su-su

‘body’

su'arasuˈaɾa

‘yam’

sums'arersumˈsaɾɛɾ

‘areca nut’

sursuɾ

‘stick’

t'amamˈtamam

‘six’

tata

‘left side’

taftaɸ

‘marsh’

taf'oxtaˈɸox

‘fire’

takintakin

‘bow’

-tan-tan

‘brain’

tap'amtaˈpam

‘earth’

taten kmiktatɛn kmik

‘elbow’

tauftauɸ

‘skull’

tawortawoɾ

‘bow’

teittɛit

‘millipede’

teM kpistɛm kpis

‘nail of finger’

ten'otɛˈno

‘inside’

tfotɸo

‘knife’

ti (i)ti (i)

‘I’

ti'ettiˈɛt

‘four’

tiamtiam

‘forest’

tiotio

‘I’

toto

‘rattan’

tukatuka

‘tongs’

tuoktuok

‘palmwine’

tu(u)ftu(u)ɸ

‘three’

uwiakuwiak

‘canoe’

wafuwaɸu

‘flying fox’

waitwait

‘his’

wamoxwamox

‘hornbill’

wamuwamu

‘our’

wasiwasi

‘smoke’

wauwau

‘her’

werefwɛɾɛɸ

‘spider’

wey'axwɛˈjax

‘white cockatoo’

wosurwosuɾ

‘crocodile’

wotiwoti

‘my’

xa-xa-

‘male’

xa n'anaxa ˈnana

‘skull’

xa seraexa sɛɾaɛ

‘hungry’

xamxam

‘pain’

xapexapɛ

‘possum species’

xarawatexaɾawatɛ

‘butterfly’

-x(a)ren-x(a)ɾɛn

‘buttocks’

xaropitxaɾopit

‘navel’

xatexatɛ

‘louse’

(x)aw(x)aw

‘below’

xerexxɛɾɛx

‘thick’

xeroxxɛɾox

‘gap’

-xr'ea-xˈɾɛa

‘tongue’

xrexaxɾɛxa

‘late afternoon’

yuju

‘bag’