OUTOFPAPUA database: Lexicons of the West Papuan language area

Anceaux (1961c): Wabo

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
abuabu

‘ash’

amitiamiti

‘you (plural)’

ampiampi

‘eat’

aramatearamate

‘fly’

aroaro

‘fire’

aro-kemeiaro-kemei

‘stone’

asiasi

‘give’

awawiawawi

‘you’

ayaeajae

‘I’

batubatu

‘large, big’

bo-atebo-ate

‘four’

boipiboipi

‘mouth’

bo-rubo-ru

‘two’

bo-sandibo-sandi

‘one’

bo-tobo-to

‘three’

dindin

‘fish’

dipindipin

‘bird’

dirawadirawa

‘body hair, feather’

disoedisoe

‘nail’

duaisiduaisi

‘smoke’

duraidurai

‘hair’

dureredurere

‘head’

emaneemane

‘man’

-ene-ene

‘sleep’

eseese

‘stand’

ewenewen

‘woman’

ii

‘he’

ieiŋieiŋ

‘sand’

intiukeriintiukeri

‘small’

isiisi

‘they’

kamakama

‘die’

kanapopenkanapopen

‘white’

kemeikemei

‘seed’

kiawaykiawaj

‘long’

kiekesokiekeso

‘green’

koŋgomiaekoŋɡomiae

‘butterfly’

konuŋkonuŋ

‘red’

kopadakopada

‘soil, ground’

kutebokutebo

‘mountain’

manman

‘fat’

mandepeŋmandepeŋ

‘cloud’

maramara

‘blood’

mararemarare

‘hot’

mentempoisimentempoisi

‘black’

miaŋguŋmiaŋɡuŋ

‘good’

minisuareniminisuareni

‘yellow’

muoremuore

‘snake’

nentenente

‘we (inclusive)’

oreore

‘swim’

paraiparai

‘bone’

piasinopiasino

‘twenty’

pirontoipirontoi

‘egg’

rara

‘walk’

rairai

‘moon’

-rama-rama

‘come’

ramemramem

‘rain’

ranran

‘way, path’

raŋgokoiraŋɡokoi

‘leaf’

repadairepadai

‘sun’

rerawererawe

‘skin’

rokeminrokemin

‘eye’

ropanropan

‘tooth’

roparairoparai

‘neck’

rorenroren

‘night’

sabusabu

‘much, many’

saesae

‘weep’

sakebusakebu

‘buttocks’

sapadaisapadai

‘tail’

sapoduisapodui

‘burn (intransitive)’

seniseni

‘mosquito’

sensinasensina

‘thorn’

seresere

‘dry’

seseriseseri

‘vein’

sifosifo

‘fly’

sinesine

‘abdomen’

soresore

‘nose’

susu

‘woman’s breast’

suresure

‘ten’

tapadeitapadei

‘tongue’

taratara

‘flesh’

tarandentaranden

‘ear’

teteeiteteːi

‘cold’

tumtum

‘star’

uaaiuaːi

‘water’

uasinouasino

‘name’

uatodouatodo

‘satiated’

uatuuatu

‘sit’

ueriŋueriŋ

‘five’

-ume-ume

‘see’

uniŋuniŋ

‘drink’

wadaorewadaore

‘hear’

warawara

‘hand’

wariwari

‘root’

we-onewe-one

‘six’

we-siwe-si

‘nine’

we-wawe-wa

‘eight’

wioworewiowore

‘new’

w-ituw-itu

‘seven’

yayjaj

‘wood, tree’

yowejowe

‘wind’

yuju

‘louse’