OUTOFPAPUA database: Lexicons of the West Papuan language area

Usher & Schapper (2018): Proto-Mbaham-Iha

Original citation: Usher, Timothy and Antoinette Schapper. 2018. The lexicons of the Papuan languages of the Onin Peninsula and their influences. NUSA 64: 39-63.

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Headword IPA Glosses
*[a]kʷorou*[a]kʷorou

‘enemy, evil’

*[i]kʷijaren*[i]kʷijaren

‘nut’

*[i]piek*[i]piek

‘cook’

*[me]ŋgaŋgam*[me]ŋɡaŋɡam

‘spider web’

*[mi]sin*[mi]sin

‘mouth’

*[o]kʷo[no]*[o]kʷo[no]

‘one’

*[te]rem*[te]rem

‘cluster, bunch’

*[wa]rik*[wa]rik

‘two’

*atokʷ*atokʷ

‘wood, tree’

*ind[o,u]p*ind[o,u]p

‘needle’

*is*is

‘fruit, seed’

*jambar*jambar

‘dog’

*jembar*jembar

‘wave(s)’

*jeroŋg*jeroŋɡ

‘light (weight)’

*joun*joun

‘flat land, dry land, wide’

*kajam*kajam

‘slave’

*kajir*kajir

‘cook, cooked’

*kajiwor*kajiwor

‘torch’

*kamar*kamar

‘yawn’

*kambir*kambir

‘war’

*kaminV*kaminv

‘sun’

*kanda*kanda

‘head’

*kaŋgap*kaŋɡap

‘sharp’

*kaŋgʷam*kaŋɡʷam

‘grass’

*kapas*kapas

‘moon’

*kapasi*kapasi

‘sneeze’

*kar*kar

‘vagina’

*karepot*karepot

‘yam (sp.)’

*kemeir*kemeir

‘face’

*kemeŋ*kemeŋ

‘sweet’

*ken[a,e][t]*ken[a,e][t]

‘see, sense’

*kende*kende

‘know’

*kendjep*kendjep

‘eye’

*kira*kira

‘water, river’

*kis-kis[a]*kis-kis[a]

‘star, firefly’

*komen*komen

‘hear, listen’

*kos[um]*kos[um]

‘grub’

*kowar[a,o]p*kowar[a,o]p

‘father's older sister’

*kowus*kowus

‘snake’

*kundur*kundur

‘pig’

*kuturuk*kuturuk

‘sweat’

*kʷ[e]r[e,i]*kʷ[e]r[e,i]

‘nest’

*kʷara*kʷara

‘ten’

*kʷarok*kʷarok

‘carry’

*kʷeji[t,s]*kʷeji[t,s]

‘foot, leg, claw’

*kʷen*kʷen

‘raw, unripe, young’

*kʷier*kʷier

‘ear’

*kʷies*kʷies

‘village’

*kʷirembus*kʷirembus

‘boil (n.)’

*kʷosi*kʷosi

‘good’

*mak*mak

‘voice, language’

*mandja*mandja

‘child’

*maŋ*maŋ

‘ginger’

*mbajer*mbajer

‘flying fox’

*mbaŋgor*mbaŋɡor

‘thick’

*mbap*mbap

‘star, firefly’

*mbes*mbes

‘sugarcane’

*mbiwoŋg*mbiwoŋɡ

‘white’

*mbuk*mbuk

‘yellow’

*mein*mein

‘louse’

*mejer[e]*mejer[e]

‘inside’

*mesek*mesek

‘neck, throat’

*mesen*mesen

‘sit’

*moŋgʷo*moŋɡʷo

‘banana’

*mos*mos

‘sow’

*munduk*munduk

‘chin’

*n[a,o]wa*n[a,o]wa

‘eat’

*naka*naka

‘younger sibling’

*nami*nami

‘man, male’

*nan*nan

‘older sister’

*nander*nander

‘stand’

*nareit*nareit

‘guest, friend’

*ndaram*ndaram

‘loft, ceiling’

*ndoman*ndoman

‘sea snail’

*ndum*ndum

‘shoot (n.)’

*ndumuk*ndumuk

‘chin’

*ndura*ndura

‘sleepy, nod off’

*nen*nen

‘older brother’

*ŋgambur[a]*ŋɡambur[a]

‘thatch’

*ŋgawarambuk*ŋɡawarambuk

‘land snail’

*ŋgeit*ŋɡeit

‘weave’

*ŋgeŋgap*ŋɡeŋɡap

‘tongue’

*ŋgombor*ŋɡombor

‘swollen’

*ŋguwas*ŋɡuwas

‘raft, vessel’

*ŋgʷ[o,u]n[a]*ŋɡʷ[o,u]n[a]

‘bee’

*ŋgʷor[o,u]s*ŋɡʷor[o,u]s

‘snore’

*nie*nie

‘name’

*nieŋ*nieŋ

‘stairs, ladder’

*niŋgis[i]*niŋɡis[i]

‘hide’

*pak*pak

‘skin, bark, covering’

*pande[s]*pande[s]

‘ask’

*par[o,u]*par[o,u]

‘fly (v.)’

*pare*pare

‘say, speak’

*pek*pek

‘earwax’

*per*per

‘fish trap’

*peres*peres

‘diarrhea’

*pot*pot

‘stingray’

*pouk*pouk

‘wash’

*poun*poun

‘ashes’

*pur*pur

‘root’

*pVram*pvram

‘palm, sole’

*pVri*pvri

‘smile’

*pVrus*pvrus

‘burp, belch’

*r[o,u]s*r[o,u]s

‘drink’

*s[iw]or*s[iw]or

‘ground, below’

*saŋgʷon*saŋɡʷon

‘cockroach’

*sap[ij]ok*sap[ij]ok

‘old, worn out’

*sejiŋ*sejiŋ

‘hoarse’

*sejir*sejir

‘fish’

*seke[t]*seke[t]

‘thin, flat’

*semeŋg*semeŋɡ

‘sand’

*senek*senek

‘black’

*seŋgiek*seŋɡiek

‘open’

*sɛp*sɛp

‘hot, warm’

*serere*serere

‘ill, sick’

*sirijet*sirijet

‘earth, world’

*sombi[t]*sombi[t]

‘younger, youngest child’

*son*son

‘breast’

*t[iw]on*t[iw]on

‘thigh’

*t[o,u]mb[o,u]r*t[o,u]mb[o,u]r

‘woman, female’

*taŋgier*taŋɡier

‘heavy’

*tap*tap

‘fence, teeth’

*tep*tep

‘pointed’

*tokar*tokar

‘bone’

*toŋgʷon*toŋɡʷon

‘elbow, wrist, knee’

*top*top

‘spit’

*tos*tos

‘hit’

*totom*totom

‘sit with legs to the side’

*tumbis*tumbis

‘ridgepole, roof’

*tumbu*tumbu

‘five’

*w[i]r[a]*w[i]r[a]

‘tree’

*war*war

‘stone’

*warik*warik

‘bite’

*watjar*watjar

‘bay’

*weŋg-weŋg*weŋɡ-weŋɡ

‘earthquake’

*wes*wes

‘go’

*wiek*wiek

‘blood’

*woŋg*woŋɡ

‘sky’

*wor*wor

‘tail’

*wosou*wosou

‘breath, breathe’

*wotour*wotour

‘clan, relatives’

*wun*wun

‘egg’