OUTOFPAPUA database: Lexicons of the West Papuan language area

Anceaux (1961a): Busami

Original citation: Anceaux, J.C. 1961. The Linguistic Situation in the Islands of Yapen, Kurudu, Nau and Miosnum, New Guinea. 's-Gravenhage: Martinus Nijhoff.

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Headword IPA Glosses
wotiwoti

‘marry’

worowaworowa

‘bad (evil)’

woramiworami

‘stone’

wesengweseŋ

‘good’

unauna

‘pig’

tiatia

‘way, path’

surasura

‘ten’

saneosaneo

‘remember’

roro

v. ‘walk’

ringriŋ

‘five’

rensorenso

‘see’

reninerenine

‘moment ago’

piopio

‘die’

piareipiarei

‘twenty’

paupau

‘much, many’

parepare

v. ‘cook’

ompiompi

‘eat’

nanenane

‘small’

mariromariro

‘fast’

mariamaria

‘water’

mangkukemaŋkuke

‘chicken’

keserakesera

‘sweet potato’

ianeoianeo

‘remember’

enaena

v. ‘sleep’

bo-turubo-turu

‘three’

bo-siribo-siri

‘one’

bo-rubo-ru

‘two’

bo-abo-a

‘four’

andutaanduta

‘fire’

ambawiriambawiri

‘tomorrow’

airaraairara

‘at sea’