OUTOFPAPUA database: Lexicons of the West Papuan language area

Usher & Schapper (2022c): Proto-Eastern Timor

Original citation: Usher, Timothy and Antoinette Schapper. 2022. The Greater West Bomberai Family. Oceanic Linguistics 61.1: 469–527.

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Total entries: 87
Headword IPA Glosses
*abi*abi

‘fish’

*ada*ada

‘fire, firewood’

*adur*adur

‘dust, ashes’

*adza*adza

‘bird’

*-agelV*-aɡelv

‘bite’

*aja*aja

‘rain’

*ami*ami

‘breast’

*amin*amin

‘louse’

*amir*amir

‘wing’

*amu*amu

‘body’

*arik*arik

‘root’

*aru*aru

‘vagina’

*ate*ate

‘tree, wood’

*atsa[p]*atsa[p]

‘leaf’

*atsi*atsi

‘prawn’

*atu*atu

‘excrement’

*dzura*dzura

‘rat, mouse’

*ena*ena

‘see’

*ibi*ibi

‘star’

*idza[r]*idza[r]

‘chest’

*iga*iɡa

‘laugh’

*iga*iɡa

‘path’

*ina*ina

‘eye’

*ina*ina

‘give’

*-ini*-ini

‘do, make’

*ipa*ipa

‘go down’

*ipi*ipi

‘worm’

*ira*ira

‘water’

*isu*isu

‘fruit, seed’

*itug*ituɡ

‘three’

*jebar*jebar

‘dog’

*m[a,o]d[a,o]*m[a,o]d[a,o]

‘child’

*mada*mada

‘flying fox’

*mag[a]*maɡ[a]

‘voice’

*mage-n*maɡe-n

‘hear’

*mani*mani

‘neck’

*mara*mara

‘walk, go’

*midza*midza

‘go up’

*mini*mini

‘beside’

*mit*mit

‘sit’

*muga*muɡa

‘earth, ground’

*mugu*muɡu

‘banana’

*munik*munik

‘nose’

*na[n]ser*na[n]ser

‘stand’

*nai*nai

‘name’

*nami*nami

‘man’

*nana*nana

‘older sibling’

*nawa*nawa

‘eat, drink’

*noko*noko

‘younger sibling’

*panar*panar

‘female’

*pani*pani

‘tasty’

*panu*panu

‘face’

*pasin*pasin

‘sneeze’

*pasu*pasu

‘husk, peel’

*patu*patu

‘swell’

*patu*patu

‘thigh’

*pulum*pulum

‘spittle, saliva’

*sina*sina

‘plait’

*taga[-n]*taɡa[-n]

‘count’

*tana*tana

‘hand, arm’

*tapa*tapa

‘pound, shoot’

*tari*tari

‘fence’

*teber*teber

‘mountain’

*tigir*tiɡir

‘heavy’

*tina*tina

‘cook’

*tipar*tipar

‘run’

*tubur*tubur

‘woman’

*uba*uba

‘sugarcane’

*ubur*ubur

‘fly (insect)’

*udu*udu

‘egg’

*udzu*udzu

‘wax’

*ugur*uɡur

‘raw, unripe’

*ukani*ukani

‘one’

*ula*ula

‘tail’

*umu*umu

‘die’

*upar*upar

‘dream’

*upur*upur

‘body, contents’

*uru*uru

‘moon’

*wadu*wadu

‘sun, day’

*wagadzi*waɡadzi

‘day’

*wai*wai

‘blood’

*wali*wali

‘ear’

*war*war

‘stone’

*wari*wari

‘nest’

*wasa*wasa

‘bean’

*wasin*wasin

‘tooth’

*wata*wata

‘coconut’