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Peckham (1991c): Semimi

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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'emeʔeme

‘we’

'uʔu

‘tree, wood’

'u kaereʔu kaere

‘leaf’

'u katuʔu katu

‘fruit’

aiwaraaiwara

‘four’

aiyaaija

‘mother’

akatuakatu

‘narrow’

amoiamoi

‘two’

amunggaiamuᵑɡai

‘hold’

angganeaᵑɡane

‘moon’

anggomnaiaᵑɡomnai

‘kill’

anggu eteaᵑɡu ete

‘egg’

ansiaⁿsi

‘dog’

araara

‘at’

ariveariβe

‘what’

asasaasasa

‘same’

boiboi

‘turn around’

efeieɸei

‘female, woman’

etambuetaᵐbu

‘flow’

fansiɸaⁿsi

‘good’

fateɸate

‘water’

fatoruɸatoru

‘thick’

favaɸaβa

‘split’

favaririɸaβariri

‘speak’

fembeɸeᵐbe

‘pig’

ferkwariɸerkwari

‘full’

fiɸi

‘fly’

fiomkaiɸiomkai

‘throw’

firiɸiri

‘sand’

furutunaraɸurutunara

‘blow’

iforoiɸoro

‘fire’

inavuinaβu

‘wife’

iniini

‘afraid’

ininyomukaiininjomukai

‘scratch’

irimbiiriᵐbi

‘smoke’

isineisine

‘who’

isisiisisi

‘rat’

itotoroitotoro

‘bathe’

ivemeiβeme

‘hear’

ivor aiwaraiβor aiwara

‘nine’

ivor amoiiβor amoi

‘seven’

ivor kariaiβor karia

‘eight’

ivor taniβor tan

‘six’

ivor uaiβor ua

‘ashes’

ivoroiβoro

‘five’

jamudʒamu

‘rain’

javutudʒaβutu

‘rock’

jogudʒoɡu

‘breast’

juwadʒuwa

‘dead, die’

kafaramukaɸaramu

‘straight’

kaikai

‘path’

kairiakairia

‘seek’

kakambakakaᵐba

‘vomit’

kakarafurukakaraɸuru

‘white’

kakarokakaro

‘cold’

kakasikakasi

‘red’

kakatorokakatoro

‘wet’

kakiakakia

‘skin’

kakovakakoβa

‘yellow’

kambakakaᵐbaka

‘old’

kambrarikaᵐbrari

‘in front’

kamunakamuna

‘stink’

kandakaⁿda

‘branch’

kanenggenekaneᵑɡene

‘warm, hot’

kanggiatakaᵑɡiata

‘river’

kangguwakaᵑɡuwa

‘different’

kaniaukaniau

‘person’

kaowakaowa

‘new’

karakara

‘inside’

kariakaria

‘three’

kasakakovakasakakoβa

‘green’

kasaokasao

‘sing’

kasavukasaβu

‘black’

kasavukasaβu

‘night’

kasikakasika

‘jungle’

katerasekaterase

‘smooth’

katukatu

‘seed’

katumakakatumaka

‘all’

kautamakautama

‘true’

kekerarakekerara

‘cut grass’

kemekeme

‘you’

kenakena

‘lake’

kenggekeᵑɡe

‘dry’

kerukarakerukara

‘outside’

kikyakarakikjakara

‘squeeze’

kondokoⁿdo

‘many’

konggorovokoᵑɡoroβo

‘neck’

koterakotera

‘head’

kukuijakukuidʒa

‘stick’

kumaikumai

‘louse’

kumburukuᵐburu

‘rotten’

kunsikuⁿsi

‘short’

makoromakoro

‘soil, ground’

mamaimamai

‘ashamed’

manduamaⁿdua

‘few’

mavoromaβoro

‘fly’

mavyamaβja

‘wind’

moaremoare

‘lightning’

mokinimokini

‘dust’

mondamoⁿda

‘blood’

mumumumu

‘swollen’

mundumuⁿdu

‘garden’

murumnaimurumnai

‘hit’

musememuseme

‘suck, smoke’

mutumutu

‘dig’

naer andanaer aⁿda

‘wing’

naforandamonaɸoraⁿdamo

‘cassowary’

naiyonaijo

‘small’

namangganamaᵑɡa

‘sharp’

nambia tumenaᵐbia tume

‘live’

nanggananaᵑɡana

‘long’

naninani

‘father’

naroronaroro

‘know’

nasomonasomo

‘heavy’

nasurnasur

‘body hair’

nasurunasuru

‘hair’

natomnatom

‘fat’

natu kaerenatu kaere

‘liver’

natu kumbanatu kuᵐba

‘ocean’

naturanatura

‘bone’

navanaβa

‘tail’

navarigainaβariɡai

‘pull’

navwerenaβwere

‘large’

neiyennurumaneijennuruma

‘walk’

nemakaranemakara

‘drink’

nemakarinemakari

‘bite’

nenemeneneme

‘eat’

nenenenenene

‘breathe’

newatanewata

‘name’

ningginiᵑɡi

‘they’

nininini

‘he, she’

nondomenoⁿdome

‘see’

ofakaevuoɸakaeβu

‘hand’

okor andaokor aⁿda

‘foot’

ombioᵐbi

‘nose’

ombiatuoᵐbiatu

‘eye’

omoomo

‘I’

omonggoroomoᵑɡoro

‘mouth’

orassorass

‘teeth’

oro mandamaioro maⁿdamai

‘snake’

orombooroᵐbo

‘roof’

orovo kasavuraoroβo kasaβura

‘fingernail’

osaviosaβi

‘tongue’

ot naviraot naβira

‘ear’

otu kamorootu kamoro

‘heart’

otu naturaotu natura

‘back’

ova kandaoβa kaⁿda

‘finger’

ovuruoβuru

‘abdomen’

rumbuturuᵐbutu

‘dirty’

saisai

‘bird’

sasi katosasi kato

‘meat’

sasiisasiː

‘salt’

sasurusasuru

‘thin’

senomkaisenomkai

‘rub’

sereomkaisereomkai

‘wipe’

sinikurusinikuru

‘thunder’

sinitavisinitaβi

‘sky’

sumanggasumaᵑɡa

‘evil’

sururunggaisururuᵑɡai

‘push’

suvusuβu

‘dull, blunt’

tata

‘with’

taiyataija

‘cloud’

taiyumetaijume

‘count’

taja tututadʒa tutu

‘fog’

tanakautanakau

‘one’

tatotato

‘child’

tatokovotatokoβo

‘male, man’

tefauteɸau

‘lying down’

teijateidʒa

‘wide’

tendeteⁿde

‘sun’

tetateta

‘weep, cry’

teveijanoteβeidʒano

‘shoot’

teviteβi

‘sleep’

titikaititikai

‘near’

toki tanitoki tani

‘ten’

tokorotokoro

‘kunai grass’

tomonaitomonai

‘give’

toronggetoroᵑɡe

‘come’

tuafatuaɸa

‘spit’

tuutuː

‘fall’

umburiauᵐburia

‘star’

umisiumisi

‘mosquito’

unggukuuᵑɡuku

‘cough’

uraura

‘dream’

uratuuratu

‘fish’

uririuriri

‘play’

uruvuuruβu

‘rope’

visinaβisina

‘not’

waenggemawaeᵑɡema

‘elbow’

waesewaese

‘sore’

wakawaka

‘worm’

wakiawakia

‘leech’

wakomnaiwakomnai

‘stab’

wamawama

‘thorn’

wanggai muruwaᵑɡai muru

‘right side’

wanggaiawaᵑɡaia

‘left side’

warafaiwaraɸai

‘daytime’

warakavwariwarakaβwari

‘far’

watawata

‘house’

waviawaβia

‘burn’

wavukaiwaβukai

‘tie’

weikiweiki

‘banana’

wemuwemu

‘husband’

yakomojakomo

‘wash’

yambirijaᵐbiri

‘standing’

yamijami

‘this’

yemijemi

‘that’

yovonijoβoni

‘sitting’

yuajua

‘mountain’