OUTOFPAPUA database: Lexicons of the West Papuan language area

Cottet (2015): Mbaham

Original citation: Cottet, Fanny. 2015. A phonology of Mbahám: Reduction and Contrast. PhD thesis, Australian National University.

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Headword IPA Glosses
adókaˈdok

‘tree’

adók-múadok-mu

‘log’

ahíaˈhi

‘life’

akidjéakiˈdje

‘rest’

amaᵑgít-gitamaˈᵑɡit-ɡit

‘evening’

amujósamuˈjos

‘far’

-an-an

‘locative, in, at, on’

aⁿdúaˈⁿdu

‘1SG personal pronoun, I, me’

ániˈani

‘older brother’

ánoˈano

‘older sister’

aróaˈro

‘take’

arúŋaˈruŋ

‘slide, creep’

asúranaˈsuran

‘pincer, tongs’

átakˈatak

‘mud’

atápaˈtap

‘string bag’

atiríatiˈri

‘tame’

atkʷáhukatˈkʷahuk

‘lungs’

atᵑgabaráatᵑɡabaˈra

‘drunk’

atnómaatˈnoma

‘dear, love’

atpádinatˈpadin

‘chest’

atwohówatwoˈhow

‘breathe’

aworókawoˈrok

‘drowned’

bódaˈboda

‘stupid’

bodówboˈdow

‘fever’

-Cawa-cawa

‘comitative, with’

dekut-kútidekut-ˈkuti

‘fish (type)’

domu-dómudomu-ˈdomu

‘vegetable (type)’

ébisˈebis

‘back’

éjⁿdaˈejⁿda

‘father’

-em-em

‘or’

gigíwaŋɡiˈɡiwaŋ

‘earring’

íbˈib

‘liver’

imjákimˈjak

‘house’

íⁿdupˈiⁿdup

‘banana (type)’

íninˈinin

‘liver’

irjáirˈja

‘kill’

irjéirˈje

‘buy’

isjáweniˈsjawen

‘tuna’

jabáŋjaˈbaŋ

‘hard’

jagátjaˈɡat

‘left’

jaᵐbájaˈᵐba

‘dog’

jaᵐbújaˈᵐbu

‘fire’

jaᵐbú sáwnjaˈᵐbu ˈsawn

‘dead fire’

jamójaˈmo

‘river catfish (with two tails)’

jánaˈjana

‘bracelet’

jarájaˈra

‘canoe’

jarájaˈra

‘enter’

játˈjat

‘widow’

jéᵐbaˈjeᵐba

‘wave’

jéroᵑgˈjeroᵑɡ

‘light’

jímuˈjimu

‘crowned pigeon’

jósˈjos

‘long’

jugújuˈɡu

‘banyan tree’

kabákaˈba

‘sago palm’

kabáskaˈbas

‘moon’

kadákaˈda

‘sit on eggs’

kadérakkaˈderak

‘chair’

-kahin-kahin

‘for, benefactive’

kahiᵑgjékahiˈᵑɡje

‘sneeze’

kahípkaˈhip

‘pincers’

kájˈkaj

‘burn’

kájsˈkajs

‘fruit, flesh’

kakʷarjétkakʷarˈjet

‘frog (type)’

kalípenkaˈlipen

‘mat’

kam-kam-

‘3SG possessive form, his, her’

kamáⁿdikaˈmaⁿdi

‘breadfruit’

kaᵐbáskaˈᵐbas

‘cotton’

kaᵐbótikaˈᵐboti

‘fishing basket’

kaménkaˈmen

‘hand’

kamen-pákkamen-ˈpak

‘nail’

kamén-parámkamen-param

‘palm’

kamen-púokamen-ˈpuo

‘finger’

kamen-tuᵑgʷónkamen-tuˈᵑɡʷon

‘elbow’

kám-kamaˈkam-kama

‘yawn’

kaⁿdákaˈⁿda

‘head’

kaⁿda-wékaⁿda-ˈwe

‘mountain’

kaⁿdwókakaˈⁿdwoka

‘stork’

kaᵑgʷámkaˈᵑɡʷam

‘swamp, grass’

kapíokkaˈpiok

‘fall’

kapúskaˈpus

‘foam’

ká(r)ˈka(r)

‘vagina’

kawirjékkawirˈjek

‘blunt’

kawo-káwokawo-ˈkawo

‘pimple’

kededékedeˈde

‘tremble’

kedeképkedeˈkep

‘rose apple’

kekʷétkeˈkʷet

‘bad’

keᵐbokókkeᵐboˈkok

‘hawk’

keⁿdé-keⁿdekeˈⁿde-keⁿde

‘wise, clever’

keⁿdetᵑgákeⁿdetˈᵑɡa

‘feel’

kerémkeˈrem

‘shoulder’

kere-múkere-ˈmu

‘upper arm’

keréŋkeˈreŋ

‘go up’

keskéhikkesˈkehik

‘old woman’

kes-késkes-ˈkes

‘short time’

ket-kétket-ˈket

‘descendants’

kijépkiˈjep

‘eye’

kijíkiˈji

‘betel leaf’

kìkabóriskìkaˈboris

‘black snake’

kikáraskiˈkaras

‘small red parrot’

kikíbunkiˈkibun

‘mosquito’

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