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Peckham (1991b): Mer

Original citation: Peckham, Lloyd. 1991. Etna Bay Survey Report: Irian Jaya Bird's Neck Languages. Workpapers in Indonesian Languages and Cultures 10. 147-185.

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aiaaia

‘mother’

amoiamoi

‘two’

amuemaamuema

‘hold’

anggaiaᵑɡai

‘thorn’

angganeaᵑɡane

‘moon’

anziaⁿzi

‘dog’

araara

‘at’

aregavoareɡaβo

‘daytime’

auwaauwa

‘father’

auweraauwera

‘four’

aveaβe

‘garden’

aveniaβeni

‘what’

azazaazaza

‘same’

aziazi

‘kunai grass’

bembebeᵐbe

‘pig’

daviomodaβiomo

‘see’

davueradaβuera

‘know’

edeede

‘egg’

edumagaedumaɡa

‘we’

eiyeieijei

‘full’

emaduemadu

‘near’

enggazeeᵑɡaze

‘new’

eva ngamunggaeβa ŋamuᵑɡa

‘finger’

eviomeβiom

‘sleep’

fanaiyenaɸanaijena

‘split’

favariɸaβari

‘speak’

fiam osoɸiam oso

‘fly’

fiomnaiɸiomnai

‘throw’

furaiɸurai

‘wipe’

furuomaraɸuruomara

‘blow’

imoraimora

‘long’

inimbiiniᵐbi

‘cloud’

inimbi gavaezeiniᵐbi ɡaβaeze

‘fog’

isereisere

‘blood’

isieraisiera

‘red’

isisiisisi

‘rat’

itiveitiβe

‘banana’

ivauaiβaua

‘nine’

ivemeiβeme

‘hear’

ividanaiβidana

‘six’

ivoariaiβoaria

‘eight’

ivor amoiiβor amoi

‘seven’

ivor anenaiβor anena

‘smoke’

ivor nanambaiβor nanaᵐba

‘ashes’

ivoroiβoro

‘fire’

ivoroiβoro

‘five’

izaiza

‘rain’

javaredʒaβare

‘wind’

jogudʒoɡu

‘breast’

joruvudʒoruβu

‘rope’

kaarekaːre

‘leaf’

kaderazakaderaza

‘smooth’

kaekae

‘path’

kaikai

‘river’

kaikai

‘water’

kai giranakai ɡirana

‘bathe’

kai nambagarakai naᵐbaɡara

‘drink’

kai soikai soi

‘flow’

kai yagoikai jaɡoi

‘wash’

kakazaukakazau

‘sing’

kananggenkanaᵑɡen

‘warm, hot’

kanavanakanaβana

‘old’

kane geranggakane ɡeraᵑɡa

‘they’

kanedokaikanedokai

‘evil’

kaniaukaniau

‘person’

kanimbikaniᵐbi

‘sharp’

kaniodarievekaniodarieβe

‘who’

kanoa janggaranikanoa dʒaᵑɡarani

‘he, she’

kanunggu tani vezikanuᵑɡu tani βezi

‘different’

kararakarara

‘inside’

kariakaria

‘three’

kasomokasomo

‘heavy’

kaukau

‘right side’

kautamakautama

‘true’

kavorakaβora

‘dust’

kavwerekaβwere

‘wide’

kazekaze

‘sore’

kazere fagadakazere ɸaɡada

‘green’

kenekene

‘you’

kogouomokoɡouomo

‘vomit’

kokoruvukokoruβu

‘neck’

kondokoⁿdo

‘many’

koroukorou

‘snake’

koterekotere

‘head’

kuguyekuɡuje

‘stick’

kumaikumai

‘louse’

kumburukuᵐburu

‘rotten’

kumburukuᵐburu

‘wet’

ma'animaʔani

‘dirty’

mamogurueramamoɡuruera

‘outside’

mavu tamburamaβu taᵐbura

‘fly’

menggevimeᵑɡeβi

‘jungle’

momo

‘ocean’

moiatumoiatu

‘few’

moinadumoinadu

‘narrow’

moromoro

‘cut grass’

mumumumu

‘swollen’

mundumuⁿdu

‘mountain’

musemuse

‘suck, smoke’

musmusurumusmusuru

‘nose’

nadamunadamu

‘hit’

nadamu uyenanadamu ujena

‘kill’

nagi goganaɡi ɡoɡa

‘yellow’

nagravurunaɡraβuru

‘white’

nambanaᵐba

‘eat’

namboruaranaᵐboruara

‘come’

namunanamuna

‘stink’

nanambinanaᵐbi

‘liver’

nanderambanaⁿderaᵐba

‘branch’

nari kararanari karara

‘seed’

nasurunasuru

‘body hair’

nasurunasuru

‘hair’

natomonatomo

‘fat’

navatunaβatu

‘tail’

navwerenaβwere

‘large’

nawazenawaze

‘one’

neageneaɡe

‘scratch’

neanggemaneaᵑɡema

‘elbow’

nedumaganedumaɡa

‘all’

nei tembeinei teᵐbei

‘straight’

nekoranekora

‘foot’

nemagunemaɡu

‘mouth’

nembataneᵐbata

‘back’

nembiatuneᵐbiatu

‘eye’

nemenggarinainemeᵑɡarinai

‘bite’

nerasinerasi

‘teeth’

nesavinesaβi

‘tongue’

nesavuranesaβura

‘fingernail’

netu amoranetu amora

‘heart’

neum tatoneum tato

‘male, man’

neumarineumari

‘husband’

nevaganeβaɡa

‘hand’

nevavuraneβaβura

‘spit’

neviraneβira

‘ear’

nevuruneβuru

‘abdomen’

nini vedadanini βedada

‘child’

nini waininini waini

‘wife’

nombonaiyomonoᵐbonaijomo

‘give’

nondumenoⁿdume

‘roof’

ogienaoɡiena

‘seek’

om iiniom iːni

‘ashamed’

omoomo

‘I’

onenaonena

‘breathe’

oswanooswano

‘walk’

oziriioziriː

‘afraid’

saisai

‘bird’

sarasara

‘dry’

sasiatusasiatu

‘meat’

simbenesiᵐbene

‘mosquito’

singgusiᵑɡu

‘bone’

sinigurusiniɡuru

‘thunder’

siniveranggasiniβeraᵑɡa

‘lightning’

sinyavusinjaβu

‘sky’

sirasira

‘salt’

siromosiromo

‘in front’

sosorososoro

‘thin’

suvusuβu

‘dull, blunt’

tagiomaitaɡiomai

‘rub’

tambataᵐba

‘skin’

tenggeiteᵑɡei

‘thick’

tenomnaitenomnai

‘push’

tetateta

‘weep, cry’

teviriomuanateβiriomuana

‘lying down’

togi danitoɡi dani

‘ten’

tombonaritoᵐbonari

‘turn around’

tutu

‘with’

turatura

‘sand’

tuutuː

‘fall’

uu

‘tree, wood’

uiui

‘dead, die’

ui veziui βezi

‘live’

umbiriuᵐbiri

‘star’

umburuuᵐburu

‘lake’

unariunari

‘fruit’

ungguguomouᵑɡuɡuomo

‘cough’

ungguruuᵑɡuru

‘sun’

ura weraura wera

‘dream’

urumbiuruᵐbi

‘cold’

usuma teveiyeiusuma teβeijei

‘shoot’

uturuuturu

‘cassowary’

vanziβaⁿzi

‘good’

veziβezi

‘not’

wagawaɡa

‘worm’

wagiwaɡi

‘leech’

wagonai yenawaɡonai jena

‘stab’

waii auwenwaiː auwen

‘wing’

wainggiwaiᵑɡi

‘fish’

wainiwaini

‘female, woman’

wanggayowaᵑɡajo

‘left side’

wararawarara

‘short’

warasewarase

‘soil, ground’

waraz nonggomewaraz noᵑɡome

‘dig’

watawata

‘house’

watawata

‘name’

waviomwaβiom

‘burn’

wavowaβo

‘rock’

wavuomnaiwaβuomnai

‘tie’

weiwei

‘night’

weinaiweinai

‘black’

wergavwerewerɡaβwere

‘far’

weziwezi

‘squeeze’

wuririwuriri

‘play’

yambiryomojaᵐbirjomo

‘standing’

yana vurunaijana βurunai

‘pull’

yenijeni

‘small’

yenijeni

‘this’

yo yenggeranijo jeᵑɡerani

‘that’

yovonijoβoni

‘sitting’